| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study is to employ food bank in civic education as a pedagogical tool in projectbased
learning.
Two
classes
of
undergraduate
students
enrolled
in
required
general
civic
education
course
in
the
odd
semester
of
2017
in
the
University
of
Jember
participated
in
food
bank
project
to
help
tackle
impoverished
community
of
Garahan
village,
Jember,
East
Java.
The
study
employed
qualitative
research
method.
To
implement
food
bank
in
civic
education
this
research
assessed
and
engaged
students into seven essential components of Larmer and Mergendoller’s meaningful
projects; A Need to Know, A Driving Question, Student Voice and Choice, 21st Century Skills,
Inquiry and Innovation, Feedback and Product, and A Publicly Presented Product. After
investigating poor households, students planned and organized fundraising strategies in order to
buy a large quantities of non-perishable food so that it looks like a bank to be distributed to those
who were in need. Classroom components of the project included assigned readings on poverty,
small groups discussion, and writing reflective journals. Students culminated the project publicly
in a showcase. The result indicated that food bank project is effective civic pedagogical skill. | en_US |
