What Motivates Students to Perform Community Service? : A Cross Sectional Study on High School Students' Preferences and Attitudes towards Community Service

ISBN-13: 9783639115215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 104 str.

Karen Williamson

Opis

What Motivates Students to Perform Community Service?This book studies volunteerism through philosophicalhistory, a review of contemporary research and across-sectional study. A chronicle of volunteerism in the United Statesreviews the development of federal legislation,national initiatives, and the relationship betweenvolunteerism and economics. A review of literature on volunteerism includestopics such as citizenship, impacts of gender, impacton academics, and personal growth in young adults. Historical and research reviews guided thedevelopment of questions aimed at betterunderstanding volunteerism by high school students.In order to answer these questions, a cross-sectionalstudy of students entering and leaving high schoolinvestigated motivation for volunteerism, preferenceof task, and the differences between genders. Significant statistical differences emerged amonggender and age groups, giving educators an insightinto what motivates high school students to performcommunity service.

O autorze

Karen Williamson is a school counselor at Garnet Valley High
School in Glen Mills, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
USA. She has worked with children for the past 31 years in
various capacities including teaching, scout leading, social work
and counseling. Dr. Williamson and her husband of 32 years have
three children.