Exploratory Study on The Use and Implementation of Service-Learning Methodology Among University Lecturers
PhD. Mirian Hervás-Torres & PhD. Fernando D. Rubio-Alcalá.
Abstract
Recent educational policies advocate the use of active and experiential methodologies, such as service-learning methodology, in which students serve a community while reflect and learn from the experience. The aim of this study was to describe the use of service-learning methodology in the institution’s curriculum and, if it was the case, how it was being implemented. 48 university professors completed a questionnaire in a university in southern Spain. Results indicate that this methodology is still unknown by many lecturers, despite their interest to participate in eventual implementation of service-learning methodology and training. Additionally, results reveal that those lecturers already implementing service-learning methodology showed a high degree of satisfaction, suggesting, accordingly, the need of higher education institutions to deploy actions to allow students to carry out service-learning practices.