On the Exploration of the Educational Function of College Students’ Volunteer Service Activities

Liansong Wu^1*, Honglian Liu²

¹School of Foreign Studies, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.
²Jingzhou Experimental Middle School, Jingzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2015.620223                

Abstract

As an indispensable part of civilized society, volunteer service owns the characteristics of gratuitousness, voluntary, public-welfare and practice. It is a noble social behavior and an important social welfare undertaking, and the educational value of which should not be underestimated at any circumstances. Colleges and society should strengthen the education and guidance of volunteer service, create atmosphere and cultivate voluntary consciousness, make constant innovation of contents and forms of volunteer service, and improve its incentive mechanism, to establish a long-term mechanism of college students’ volunteer service.

Keywords

Volunteer Service, College Students, Educational Function

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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