A Guide for the design and implementation of a service-learning (SL)

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and the educational project. It is also carried out in a way that is coherent with the values and mission of the university. That is, specific learning objectives of a course are addressed, while developing value objectives and transversal skills related to the profile of students and future professionals who graduate from the educational institution .

in values, as well as in transversal and academic skills. We call community partner to the counterpart of the course with whom the service experience takes place. Generally, it is an organization recognized for its leadership within the community or territory. A community partner may belong to the Third Sector, such as foundations, NGOs or Corporations; grassroots organizations such as Neighborhood Councils, Senior Citizen Clubs, sports clubs, among others; it may also be a Governmental, Municipal entity or private, non-profit companies (private, for-profit companies are not Community Partners for SL, since their ultimate goal is to maximize profits and not to work with social programs). In other words, a community partner may be any organization oriented to the common good in favor of the sustainable development of people, be it economic, social and/or environmental . The community partner is an active part of the SL partnership and through its representative an agreement is reached on the service and the conditions under which it will be carried out. In this sense, the target population of the service is that with which the community partner works directly to promote its development or well-being.

PARTICIPANTS OF A SL PROJECT

This model seeks that the teaching team knows and makes an own methodology, implementing the adaptations to their course. At UC we have chosen a curricular model for the implementation of SL, which implies that through the use of this methodology we respond to the disciplinary formation of each professional profile, according to the UC graduate's distinctive mark

Before the implementation of SL in a course, it is important to recognize all the people involved in a SL project. starting planning

The teaching team , composed of assistants and professors, is the promoter of the SL project. It is mainly in charge of the initial planning of the course, as well as defining reflection and assessment strategies. It is also an active part in the establishment of agreements and commitments, along with periodic contact with the community partner. Its purpose is to promote the learning of its students, promote the development of a quality service and provide spaces for training

CHAPTER I: KEY CONCEPTS

CHAPTER I: KEY CONCEPTS

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