Service learning Strategy and its Impact on Skills Development Packaging Design ( A Study From The Reality of The Egyptian Market )

Abstract

The service-learning strategy is an educational approach, which combines both academic study and community needs to improve design solutions by providing the students with an educational plan to develop their skills in solving real design problems as a way of contributing to their community and society. This Research aimed at identifying the impact of the service learning strategy in developing packaging design skills, as well as to investigate the degree of continuity of the impact of the service learning strategy in developing packaging design skills for students of fine arts at the Universities of Alexandria and Pharos, at least one month after its application has been completed. Research was applied on a sample consists of (22) male and female students in the third year. In the statistical analysis of the data, the researcher depended on the Wilcoxon test and the size of the effect. The results of the research revealed that there was a statistically significant effect of the service learning strategy in developing packaging design skills, the continuity of the statistically significant effect of the service-learning strategy in developing the skills of designing packaging among students of fine arts at the Universities of Alexandria and Pharos one month after the end of its application. The results were discussed and interpreted in the light of the theoretical framework and previous studies. In the light of the research results, some educational recommendations and research suggestions were presented.

Keywords

• service
• learning
• packaging
• design
• sustainable