Incarnational Service-Learning Model for Social Transformation for Industrial Revolution 4.0 Communities

Santoso, Magdalena Pranata (2019) Incarnational Service-Learning Model for Social Transformation for Industrial Revolution 4.0 Communities. Jurnal International Journal of Engineering, Applied and Management Sciences Paradigms, 54 (3). pp. 283-288. ISSN 2320-6608

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Abstract

Service Learning is a meaningful academic activity to integrate knowledge, skills, and character formation in the community. The revolution industrial 4.0 communities with the development of communication technology have caused moral and social problems for children, adolescents, and even adults. So far there has been no research to transform the lifestyle of Industrial Revolution 4.0 communities that applied the Incarnational Service Learning, a new model of service learning which imitating the life and ministry of Jesus Christ during His lifetime. Research has been conducted at the Pelangi Kristus Christian School in Surabaya, Indonesia from 2015 to 2018, which applied this model. During these years, the high school students served 6-to-12-year-old children from poor families around the school regularly for two hours every week. As a result, these poor children showed better moral values compared to the period before they participated in this activity. Moreover, the students who served those children, showed better character growth compared to students who did not. This program has been included into the school curriculum for 8 years, starting in 2010, involving 10 served children. Until mid-2019, there are around 300 served children. The students parents testified that their children who participated in the program showed good character changes. Service learning with the incarnation model is an effective character education and social transformation means for Industrial Revolution 4.0 communities.

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