A guide for Interdisciplinary Service Learning

3.2 Service Learning

What?

Service Learning (SL) is a teaching-learning methodology that seeks the active learning of students.

Applying the expertise to real-world contexts through services co-built along with community partners facing genuine social challenges. (Furco, et. al, 2002 and Jouannet, et, al. 2013).

How?

What for?

It seeks to enhance in students, transversal skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, communication skills and mainly social commitment (Caire, et. al, 2018).

Where?

This program has been implemented in different higher education institutions, which ensure teaching-learning processes connected to social reality.