2016/17 Semester 1 Service-Learning and Research Scheme
(SLRS)
Information Sheet
Faculty of Social Sciences
Important Note: All project details are subject to change and the final arrangement
will be confirmed during first class orientation.
Contents
SOC3203 ................................................................................................................................................. 2
SOC3319 ................................................................................................................................................. 6
SOC4324 ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Updated on 31 August 2016
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Course Information
Course Code:
Course Title:
SOC3203
Social Gerontology
Course Instructor:
Prof. David Rosser PHILLIPS
Course CRN:
692
Project Information – Project No. 1
Project Name:
Be a Happy Person 開心快活人
Project CRN:
5843
Service Nature:
Organizing educational groups & activities (Direct Service)
Details of Service Content:
 To learn about the daily life and needs of elderly who are
physically weak
 To organize 6 sessions (1 hour for each) activities for elderly
who are weak in health to enrich their social life
 To visit elderly home once between Sep and Oct
 To assist the daily operation in Centre
Required No. of Students:
5-6 students
Project Schedule
Date
Time
Venue
8 Oct, 15 Oct, 22 Oct, 29
9:00 - 9:30 (Preparation)
Fu Tai NAAC Centre
Oct
9:30 – 10:30 (Workshop)
3 Nov, 12 Nov
10:30
(Every Saturdays)
(Debriefing)
Training:
12-Sep 2016 (Mon)
17:00 – 18:30
LKK307
Agency Orientation cum Site
Visit:
19-Sep 2016 (Mon)
To be confirmed
Fu Tai NAAC Centre
Consultation (1st):
21-Oct 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
Consultation (2nd ):
11-Nov 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
In-class Presentation:
1-Dec 2016 (Thu)
13:30 – 15:30
WYL104
Budget:
HKD$500/group (Receipts are needed, inclusive copying service on campus)
Practicum Date & Time:
–
10:45
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council Fu Tai Neighbourhood
(Chi):
Elderly Centre
鄰舍輔導會富泰鄰里康齡中心
Address:
AF1, Ancillary Facilities Block, Fu Tai Estate, Tuen Mun
Website:
http://www.naac.org.hk/elderly.htm
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Project Information – Project No. 2
Project Name:
Smartphone Class 智能手機班
Project CRN:
5844
Service Nature:
Organizing educational groups & activities (Direct Service)
Detail Service Content:




Required No. of Students:
To train up the elderly with smartphone application (6
sessions, 1 hour for each)
To design an educational toolkit for future use
To visit elderly home once between Sep and Oct
To assist the daily operation in centre
3 students
Project Schedule
Practicum Date & Time:
Date
Time
8 Oct, 15 Oct, 22 Oct, 29
10:30
Oct
(Preparation)
3 Nov, 12 Nov
11:00
(Every Saturdays)
(Workshop)
12:00
Venue
–
11:00
–
12:00
–
12:15
Fu Tai NAAC Centre
(Debriefing)
Training:
12-Sep 2016 (Mon)
17:00 – 18:30
LKK307
Agency Orientation cum Site
Visit:
19-Sep 2016 (Mon)
To be confirmed
Fu Tai NAAC Centre
Consultation (1st):
21-Oct 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
11-Nov 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
In-class Presentation:
1-Dec 2016 (Thu)
13:30 – 15:30
WYL104
Budget:
HKD$500/group (Receipts are needed, inclusive copying service on campus)
Consultation
(2nd
):
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council Fu Tai Neighbourhood
Elderly Centre
(Chi):
鄰舍輔導會富泰鄰里康齡中心
Address:
AF1, Ancillary Facilities Block, Fu Tai Estate, Tuen Mun
Website:
http://www.naac.org.hk/elderly.htm
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Project Information – Project No. 3
Project Name:
Golden Age 黃金歲月
Project CRN:
5845
Service Nature:
Organizing educational groups & activities (Direct Service)
Detail Service Content:



Required No. of Students:
To learn about the daily life and needs of elderly who are
physically weak
To organize 6 sessions (1 hour for each) activities for elderly
who are weak in health to enrich their social life
To visit elderly home once between Sep and Oct
5 students
Project Schedule
Practicum Date & Time:
Date
Time
Venue
12 Oct, 19 Oct, 26 Oct
9:00 - 9:30 (Preparation)
Light & Love Home
2 Nov, 9 Nov, 16 Nov
9:30 – 10:30 (Workshop)
(Every Wednesday)
10:30
–
10:45
(Debriefing)
Training:
12-Sep 2016 (Mon)
17:00 – 18:30
LKK307
Agency Orientation cum Site
Visit:
21-Sep 2016 (Wed)
9:30 – 11:00
Light & Love Home
Consultation (1st):
28-Oct 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
18-Nov 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
In-class Presentation:
1-Dec 2016 (Thu)
13:30 – 15:30
WYL104
Budget:
$500/group (Receipts are needed, inclusive copying service on campus)
Consultation
(2nd
):
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
Light & Love Home
(Chi):
光愛敬愛院
Address:
G/F, Hing Yiu House, Tai Hing Estate, Tuen Mun
Website:
-
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Project Information – Project No. 4
Project Name:
Active Mind Workshop 智趣小組
Project CRN:
5846
Service Nature:
Organizing educational groups & activities (Direct Service)
Detail Service Content:



Required No. of Students:
To learn about the daily life and needs of elderly who are
physically weak
To organize 6 sessions (1 hour for each) activities for elderly
who are weak in health to enrich their social life
To visit elderly home once between Sep and Oct
5 students
Project Schedule
Practicum Date & Time:
Date
Time
8 Oct, 15 Oct, 22 Oct, 29
10:30
Oct
(Preparation)
3 Nov, 12 Nov
11:00
(Every Saturdays)
(Workshop)
12:00
Venue
-
11:00
Kam Tin Residence for
Senior Citizens
–
12:00
–
12:15
(Debriefing)
Training:
12-Sep 2016 (Mon)
17:00 – 18:30
LKK307
Agency Orientation cum Site
Visit:
24-Sep 2016 (Sat)
10:00 – 12:00
Kam Tin Residence for
Consultation (1st):
28-Oct 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
18-Nov 2016 (Fri)
15:30 – 16:30
WYL105
In-class Presentation:
1-Dec 2016 (Thu)
13:30 – 15:30
WYL104
Budget:
HKD$500/group (Receipts are needed, inclusive copying service on campus)
Consultation
(2nd
):
Senior Citizens
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
Kam Tin Residence for Senior Citizens
(Chi):
救世軍錦田長者之家
Address:
G/F, 103 Kam Tin Road, Yuen Long, New Territories
Website:
www.salvationarmy.org.hk
Contact Person from Office of Service-Learning
OSL S-L Coordinator
Name:
Ms. Fanny Mak
Office No. / Email:
2616 8076 / fannymak@ln.edu.hk
Service-Learning Teaching Assistant
Name:
Ms. Gill NG
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Course Information
Course Code & Session No.:
Course Title:
SOC3319
Family, Gender and Society
Course Instructor:
Prof. CHAN Hau Nung, Annie
Course CRN:
700
Project Information – Project No. 1
Project Name:
Love‧ Family Story Album「愛‧承傳」家庭口述訪問小組
Project CRN:
5848
Service Nature:
Interviewing the elderly and record their life experience (Direct
Service)
Detail Service Content:
 To organize one ice-breaking session to engage the elderly
 To chat and interview the elderly so as to write an article to
record their life experience and understand the family
structure at their time
P.S. The interview will be collected to publish a book
Required No. of Students:
5-6 students
Project Schedule
Date
Time
Venue
Training:
26-Sep 2016 (Mon)
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
Agency Orientation cum Site
3-Oct 2016 (Mon)
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
Consultation (1st):
21-Oct 2016 (Fri)
11:30-12:30
WYL107
Consultation (2nd ):
11-Nov 2016 (Fri)
11:30-12:30
WYL107
In-class Presentation:
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
Visit:
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
(Chi):
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong Tuen Mun Integrated
Youth Service Centre (Siu Hong Centre)
基督教香港信義會屯門青少年綜合服務中心（兆康中心）
Address:
No. 227, 1/F, Siu Hong Commerical Centre, Siu Hong Court, Tuen
Mun 新界屯門兆康苑兆康商場二樓 227 號
Website:
http://service.elchk.org.hk/unit_service3.php?center=43
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Project Information – Project No. 2
Project Name:
Promotion Project for Work Is Work
Project CRN:
5847
Service Nature:
Plan and execute an event to promote Work Is Work (Indirect
Service)
Detail Service Content:


Compiling research on women’s groups
Translating selected poems, stories, or passages from English
to Chinese

Helping to produce promotional materials
(Please refer to the Work is Work Project Details)
Service Practicum:
5 sessions Meeting with AAF to report the project progress
Every Mondays in October (6-8PM)
Required No. of Students:
5 students
Project Schedule
Date
Time
Venue
Training:
23-Sep-2016
11:30-12:30
WYL107
Agency Orientation cum Site
Visit
26-Sep-2016
6:00-7:00pm
AAF Office
Consultation (1st):
28-Oct 2016 (Fri)
11:30-12:30
WYL107
Consultation (2nd ):
18-Nov 2016 (Fri)
11:30-12:30
WYL107
In-class Presentation:
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
To be confirmed
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
(Chi):
The Association for the Advancement of Feminism
新婦女協進會
Address:
No. 120, G/F, Lai Yeung House, Lei Cheng Uk Estate, Cheung Sha
Wan 九龍長沙灣李鄭屋村禮讓樓 120 地下
Website:
http://hkaaf.blogspot.hk/
Contact Person from Office of Service-Learning
OSL S-L Coordinator
Name:
Ms. Fanny Mak
Office No. / Email:
2616 8076 / fannymak@ln.edu.hk
Service-Learning Teaching Assistant
Name:
Ms. Capricorn CHOI
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Course Information
Course Code & Session No.:
Course Title:
SOC4324
Work and Occupation
Course Instructor:
Ms. CHAN Sin Yui, Sharon
Course CRN:
708
Project Information – Project No. 1
Project Name:
Scout-the-all-rounder's (STAR) Project 全能童軍小組
Project CRN:
5849
Service Objectives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
To raise students’ awareness about the community needs
To investigate community problems and needs (e.g.
understaff situation in non-profit making voluntary sector)
using relevant sociological theories of work and occupation
To create an action plan in which students themselves can
be part of the solution to social needs and problems, in
short term and long term
To demonstrate effective written and verbal
communication, negotiation, and collaborative leadership
skills
Service Nature:
Direct / Indirect Service
Details of Service Content:
All on-site services will be provided on either on Saturdays from
10am to 12noon (2 to 3 students, female students is preferred),
or on Sundays from 3pm to 5pm (6 to 7 students, no gender
preference). Students are expected to:
1. promote activities to kindergarten students, aged 5-8 and
primary students, aged 7-12 (i.e., Grasshopper Scouts and
Cub Scouts) in 43rd Shatin East Group;
2. assist Scout Leaders to organize activities; and
3. design and organize activities (such as training workshops
and interest classes) to Scouts.
Possible research topics
Required No. of Students:
1.
Paid work vs. unpaid work: the value of volunteering in
capitalist societies
2.
3.
4.
The role of volunteering in personal career development
Uniform groups: benefits to child development
Multi-sector collaboration for better education for kids: Why
and how?
6-10 students
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Project Schedule
Date
Time
Venue
Orientation: getting ready for
first visit
September 6 (Tue)
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
First visit to community
partner
September 11 (Sun)
3:00 – 5:30pm
Shatin East District of the
Scout Association of Hong
Kong
Pre-service training (offered by
community partner)
September 17 (Sat) OR
10:00am – 12:00nn
Shatin East District of the
September 18 (Sun)
OR
Scout Association of Hong
3:00 – 6:00pm
Kong
OR
Lingnan University (venue
TBC)
Goal-setting workshop:
September 20 (Tue)
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
11:30am –
LKK201
Preparing proposal and
reflective thinking
Consultation (1st)
The week of October
11 (exact date, time
and venue TBC)
Consultation (2nd )
The week of November
15 (exact date, time
and venue TBC)
Final presentation
November 28 (Mon)
12:20pm
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
Scout Association of Hong Kong (43 Shatin East Scout Group)
(Chi):
香港童軍總會沙田東第 43 旅
Address:
No. 425-426, Hau Wo House, Wo Che Estate, Sha Tin, N.T.
新界沙田禾輋邨厚和樓 425-426 號
Website:
http://www.scout.org.hk/
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Project Information – Project No. 2
Project Name:
Local Young Farmers Project
Project CRN:
5850
Service objectives:
1.
2.
3.
To describe and explain the job nature of farmers, and the
social relationship between farmers and the related
industries (i.e. social organization of work)
To investigate local and/or global land use, agricultural
development, and food supply chain issues
To nurture and enhance (1) generic competencies of
innovative problem solving, research, and communication
and teamwork, (2) soft skills for working with people from
various backgrounds, skills, and lifestyles, (3) sense of
social awareness, civic engagement, and responsibility
Service Natures:
Direct / Indirect / Advocacy / Community-based Research
Detail Service Content:
Flexible work schedule and tasks, but on-site services will be
preferred on Saturdays.
Possible Research Topics:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Required No. of Students:
From agriculture to leisure farming: The changing value of
farming in Hong Kong
Oral history from farmers and workers in the farm
operating networks
Food justice and politics of food
Healthier food production: What, why, how, and why not?
Personal reflection of “green” farmers: from “loser” to
organic farmer
4-6 students
Project Schedule
Date
Time
Venue
Orientation: getting ready for
first visit
September 6 (Tue)
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
First visit to community
partner
September 10 (Sat)
12:00 – 3:00pm
Visitors’ Centre of Ta Kwu
Ling/Ping Che Alliance for
‘saving our home’, Ping Yeung
Village, Ta Kwu Ling, New
Territories
Goal-setting workshop:
Preparing proposal and
reflective thinking
September 20 (Tue)
Consultation (1st)
The week of September 27 (exact date, time and venue TBC)
10
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
Consultation (2nd )
The week of November 1 (exact date, time and venue TBC)
Final presentation
November 21 (Mon)
11:30am –
LKK102
12:20pm
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
(Chi):
HK Farmhands
耕作人
Address:
No.2 Shui Lau Hang Village, Ping Che, Fanling, N.T.
粉嶺坪輋水流坑村 2 號
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/hkfarmhands/timeline
Project Information – Project No. 3
Project Name:
Lingnan Bookstore Development Project
Project CRN:
5897
Service objectives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
To understand the operation of a bookstore and allocation
of the human resources of a bookstore in campus
To create a cultural environment in Lingnan so as to reflect
the Lingnan’s Liberal Arts Education
To explore the effectiveness of a bookstore in affecting the
book-reading culture in the community
To discuss social problems and needs using relevant
sociological theories of work and occupation
To demonstrate effective written and verbal
communication, negotiation, and collaborative leadership
skills
Service Natures:
Direct / Indirect / Advocacy
Detail Service Content:
Flexible on-campus work schedule. Students are expected to:
1. design a workshop or manage the bookstore website in
order to promote the reading culture in the campus;
2. write a proposal about the future development of the
bookstore; and
operate and facilitate the bookstore in school day.
Possible Research Topics:
1. Service-Learning and liberal arts education: how and why it
works
2. The future of book publishing industry: a case study of
Lingnan bookstore
3. The changing social organization of book publishing industry
in Hong Kong
4. The effectiveness of bookstore in nurturing on-campus
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book-reading culture
Required No. of Students:
4-6 students
Project Schedule
Date
Time
Venue
Orientation: getting ready for
first visit
September 6 (Tue)
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
First visit to community
partner
The week of September
26 (exact date, time
and venue TBC)
Goal-setting workshop:
Preparing proposal and
The week of
reflective thinking
date, time and venue
September 26 (exact
TBC)
Consultation (1st)
October 4 (Tue)
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
Consultation (2nd )
November 8 (Tue)
12:30 – 1:20pm
LKK110
Final presentation
November 28 (Mon)
10:30 – 11:20am
LKK102
Contact Person from Agency
Agency Name
(Eng):
Lingnan Bookstore
(Chi):
嶺南書室
Address:
New Academic Block, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun
Website:
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Contact Person from Office of Service-Learning
OSL S-L Coordinator
Name:
Ms. Fanny Mak
Office No. / Email:
2616 8076 / fannymak@ln.edu.hk
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