Title: The influence of a service-learning program on developing self-efficacy among students of Abdulrahman bin Faisal University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Authors: Yousef Alrashed

Addresses: Deanship of Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies, Self-Development Department, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Service-learning has become a popular approach for supporting students in higher education settings, but less is known about its link with the learner's self-efficacy, which are known to play an important role in higher education. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of service-learning approach on students' self-efficacy skills. This research utilised quasi-experimental design with two data collection time pre-post-tests. The sample involved 69 students from the fourth-year colleges in one Saudi university. The participants were randomly distributed into two groups, taught by the service-learning approach and the other group by traditional approach. The results show that the service-learning approach group had obtained higher self-efficacy mean score compared to its traditional counterpart, and they showed improvement in self-efficacy mean score over the period of the study. The findings indicated that further study needed to validate this study results in a different context. Implication and recommendation are also highlighted.

Keywords: service-learning; self-efficacy; university; students; change; quasi-experimental; Saudi Arabia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2023.130651

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2023 Vol.15 No.3, pp.302 - 311

Received: 10 Feb 2021
Accepted: 13 Apr 2021
Published online: 02 May 2023 *

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