Mami Adachi University of Sacred Heart Kim Min
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Mami Adachi – University of Sacred Heart Kim Min Jung – Catholic Sangli College Ming-Rea Kao - Wenzao Fr. Abraham Boncolin Latoza, OAR – University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Yu- wen Lee –Providence University Prabha Limpratsutr – St. Louis College Ami Soewandi - Widya andala Catholic University Caridad Tobia Shritharan – Miriam College Enrico Paulo Vicencio – De La Salle- College of St. Benilde Fr. Michael Calmano – Nanzan University GROUP 5
Q 1: “social entrepreneurship” �The group agreed to delimit the term. �Simple definition: “ it connotes business”, it provides assistance to people who are socially and economically helpless �It means economic empowerment �It provides employment and sustainable jobs �It offers and provides skills training �It creates jobs and make money
Q 1: Examples �From “Rags to Riches” �Livelihood Programs to a country with poverty problems like Philippines �Adopting Communities like Informal Settlers, training them with vocational formation �Taiwan Experience: Coffee manufactured by Cooperatives with sure market and profits shared back to coffee growers
Q 1: “difficulty” to do social entrepreneurship �When a school decides not to engage. �When it only professes to provide awareness/social consciousness. �When a school ceases to exhaust its potentials to serve.
Q 2: Service Learning-Program � SLP- is just one methodology � “Not new” to a Catholic perspective � It is just one of the various areas in the school that provides service learning programs � It costs the Institution � It can be modified, it can take a new style � Education must strike the balance of educating not only the mind but also the heart (caritas et scientia) � Philippine Experience: (babad-malay-suri) or exposure-action-reflection gears towards VALUE FORMATION
Q 3: empirical teaching experience �It should invite wider/holistic impact to a community �Respondents number is a big deal �If the students appreciated the program it is not the experience but the values being formed in them whilst engaged in the exposure �It is the post-encounter that matters
SLP: Revived and CONTINUED? �Compulsary �NO (ACADEMIC)CREDIT � 12 hours in Class 18 Hours in Exposure �Seen by students as “useless” from the start �The desire to revive or continue is due to the �VALUES SURELY FORMED during the process.
Final remarks: Doing good is addictive �The experience of doing good to others begets good motivation to continue doing good whatever it costs.
