A guide for Interdisciplinary Service Learning

Learning results achieved: To understand and contribute to the sustainable development of the planet. Approach broad problems from different disciplines. Link three dimensions of sustainability: mind, heart and hands. Act, be moved and learn together with different people. Generate systematic anticipatory reflection through learning content and reflecting on it.

Institutions/community partners involved: Organizations linked to sustainability issues, such as the Municipality of Renca, Comunidad Basura Cero, Hogar de Cristo, Techo, Infocap, Universidad Católica.

Work in groups of students coming from different disciplines. -Master lectures by professors and people from different disciplines, where there is dialogue and conversation between students and guests. -Linking of students with common interests from different sections of the course. Assessment/reflection strategies used:

We already have a department of ecology, we have a department of hydraulic engineering, we have a faculty of biology, people who approach problems from a rather mono-disciplinary perspective and in the universities, not even in our university, the university system has been structured around units that are somewhat monolithic from a disciplinary point of view and I believe this has led to a series of elements, problems, areas of work or training and research needs being left in no man’s land when it comes to addressing them.