Moral Meanings of Community Service Learning at Paññāsāstra University Of Cambodia

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dc.contributor.advisorBrooks, Ann K.
dc.contributor.authorLy, Monirith
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRoss-Gordon, Jovita M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberStewart, Paul B.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRenold, Leah M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWright, Wayne E.
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-30T15:48:49Z
dc.date.available2013-08-30T15:48:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-08en_US
dc.description.abstractThis analytical case study sought to understand and build theories from Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (PUC) educators’ visions in supporting and implementing community service learning (CSL), the moral meanings of CSL experiences for the participating undergraduate students, and the CSL experiences that facilitated the volunteers’ moral meaning-making. The study found that PUC educators’ shared purpose was the cultivation of students’ kindness to help needy Cambodian communities. Moreover, PUC CSL volunteers considered community service as an act of kindness, an act of solidarity and connectedness, and an act of social change through the cultivation of kindness in the hearts of their families, their peers, and the people they helped. Furthermore, PUC CSL cultivated in volunteers such Buddhist ethics as brahma-vihara (metta [goodwill], karuna [compassion], mudita [empathetic joy], and upekkha [equanimity]), caga (generosity), amisa-dana (donation), dhamma-dana (sharing knowledge and advice), pañca-sila (the five precepts), and kataññu (gratitude, especially to parents). Thus, CSL can help solve Cambodia’s societal problems of social inaction, violence, and corruption. The experiences that notably facilitated volunteers’ moral meaning-making were community didactic drama and such culturally symbolic actions as participation in kataññu (parental gratitude) ritual, elderly gratitude ritual, and collaborative cooking.
dc.description.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology
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dc.format.extent192 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationLy, M. (2013). <i>Moral meanings of community service learning at Paññāsāstra University Of Cambodia</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4699
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectService-learning
dc.subjectCambodia
dc.subjectBuddhism
dc.subjectMoral
dc.subject.lcshService learning--Cambodiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshUniversities and colleges--Cambodiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducation--Philosophyen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Higher--Cambodiaen_US
dc.titleMoral Meanings of Community Service Learning at Paññāsāstra University Of Cambodia
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCounseling, Leadership, Adult Education and School Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAdult, Professional, and Community Education
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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