RT Journal Article
T1 Does service learning make a difference? comparing students’ valuations in service learning and non-service-learning teaching of psychology
A1 Macías Gómez-Estern, Beatriz
A1 Arias-Sánchez, Samuel
A1 Marco Macarro, María José
A1 Cabillas Romero, María
A1 Martínez Lozano, Virginia
K1 Service-learning
K1 Higher education
K1 Course-Value
K1 Real learning
K1 Learning community
AB As a pedagogical approach, Service Learning (SL) has blossomed in the field of education, proving its effectiveness regarding academic results and in relation to social commitment. Our goal was to offer students the possibility of participating in professional scenarios measure the impact that SL benefits has on students’ valuations and perceptions of their respective learning processes and to see whether it differed from results coming from a non SL approach. To do this we compared two groups of undergraduate students enrolled in the same Psychology course, and in two different formats: SL and non-SL. Our hypothesis predicted that SL students would report higher levels of valuations and of changes perceived, and our results confirmed this: the SL group revealed a significantly higher level of satisfaction with the SL course. Also, SL students reported significantly more changes connected to a concept of learning that included contents, behaviors, and personal changes.
PB Routledge. Taylor&Francis
YR 2019
FD 2019-10-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/19711
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/19711
LA en
NO Beatriz Macías Gomez-Estern, Samuel Arias-Sánchez, María José Marco Macarro, María Regla Cabillas Romero & Virginia Martínez Lozano (2021) Does service learning make a difference? comparing students’ valuations in service learning and non- service learning teaching of psychology, Studies in Higher Education, 46:7, 1395-1405, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1675622
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Antropología Social, Psicología Básica y Salud Pública
DS RIO
RD May 23, 2026