Abstract
Creative disciplines are an effective vehicle for personalized service-learning opportunities and community engagement with tangible outcomes.
This proposal will share the experience of integrating collegiate learning with charitable outreach in an initiative to produce an album of musical works to promote sign-language education and inclusivity of the deaf community in Hong Kong.
Two undergraduate-level courses concurrently developed distinct aspects of this project. Drawing expertise from upper-level undergraduates tasked with lyric writing, composition and arranging,and juniors focused on recording and mixing, this project attracted participants from a diverse array of creative and educational backgrounds.A connection was made between the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Music and SLCO (Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment) Community Resources Ltd., a charitable organization dedicated to promoting sign language education and serving people who have speech and/or hearing limitations.
In executing this project, students were challenged to step outside their specialization and engage with interdisciplinary topics to compose and produce music that was culturally sensitive and accessible to individuals with hearing and speech impairments. This project’s successful outcomes underscored the value of combining educational objectives and creative productions with community service,ultimately enriching both the student’s hands-on creative learning experience and the societal value provided by the community partner.
Included in the Results and Discussion section is an extended analysis which explores the project's connection to community music pedagogy, detail show participating students discovered how to collaborate sensitively and constructively to serve a unique community and documents the benefits of their participation in the service-learning project as evidenced by their creative productions and reflections throughout the project.
This proposal will share the experience of integrating collegiate learning with charitable outreach in an initiative to produce an album of musical works to promote sign-language education and inclusivity of the deaf community in Hong Kong.
Two undergraduate-level courses concurrently developed distinct aspects of this project. Drawing expertise from upper-level undergraduates tasked with lyric writing, composition and arranging,and juniors focused on recording and mixing, this project attracted participants from a diverse array of creative and educational backgrounds.A connection was made between the Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Music and SLCO (Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment) Community Resources Ltd., a charitable organization dedicated to promoting sign language education and serving people who have speech and/or hearing limitations.
In executing this project, students were challenged to step outside their specialization and engage with interdisciplinary topics to compose and produce music that was culturally sensitive and accessible to individuals with hearing and speech impairments. This project’s successful outcomes underscored the value of combining educational objectives and creative productions with community service,ultimately enriching both the student’s hands-on creative learning experience and the societal value provided by the community partner.
Included in the Results and Discussion section is an extended analysis which explores the project's connection to community music pedagogy, detail show participating students discovered how to collaborate sensitively and constructively to serve a unique community and documents the benefits of their participation in the service-learning project as evidenced by their creative productions and reflections throughout the project.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 54-67 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Transform: The Journal of Engaged Scholarship |
| Volume | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2025 |
| Event | 2024 IARSLCE Asia-Pacific Conference (APC) X International Conference on Service-Learning (ICSL) - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Duration: 3 Dec 2024 → 6 Dec 2024 https://events.polyu.edu.hk/2024iarslceapcxicsl/home https://events.polyu.edu.hk/2024iarslceapcxicsl/conferenceproceedings (Conference proceedings) |
User-Defined Keywords
- Service learning
- Community Engagement Through Service-Learning
- Music Technology
- Recording Arts
- Music performance
- Community-based learning
- Creative arts
- Music
- Inclusivity
- Sign-language
