Effect of Service Learning Experience on Learning Satisfaction and Job Preparation Behavior among College Students Taking Beauty Courses

Purpose: This study analyzes the impact of service-learning experience on learning satisfaction and employment preparation behavior of students enrolled in a haircut service-learning course.Methods: Participants included 46 students who were surveyed with 31 questions on general characteristics, haircut service-learning experience, learning satisfaction, and employment preparation behavior. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 statistical program.Results: According to the descriptive statistics analysis, the average score of haircut service-learning experience was 4.49, the average score of learning satisfaction was 4.43, and the average score of employment preparation behavior for each subfactor was 4.14 for “self-development activities” and 4.09 for “information gathering activities”. Correlation analysis results showed that haircut service-learning experience had a statistically significant positive (+) correlation with learning satisfaction (<i>p</i><0.001), and a statistically significant positive (+) correlation with self-development activities and information gathering activities as sub-factors of employment preparation behavior (<i>p</i><0.05). Furthermore, learning satisfaction was found to have a statistically significant positive (+) correlation with self-development activities and information gathering activities as subfactors of employment preparation behavior (<i>p</i> <0.05). The verification of the hypothesis showed that the higher the haircut service-learning experience, the higher the learning satisfaction, and the higher the self-development activities and information gathering activities, which are the subfactors of employment preparation behavior.Conclusion: It was confirmed that the higher the learning experience of a haircut service-learning course, the higher the learning satisfaction, and the higher the employment preparation behavior, and the higher the learning satisfaction, the higher the employment preparation behavior. Thus, it is necessary to develop and apply service-learning in various major areas.