What and how is Service-Learning research being done in Mexico?

Abstract

Over the last twenty years, Service-Learning has positioned itself as a pedagogical proposal that enables meaningful learning and trains socially committed students. However, there needs to be more evidence of its development in Mexico. For this reason, the Mexican Solidary Service-Learning Network proposed observing the methodology's development and making visible the characteristics of the practices carried out in the country. To achieve this, a qualitative research study was conducted with a descriptive and interpretative scope. Following the hermeneutic method, twenty-five articles that met the inclusion criteria were reviewed. The findings analysis showed that most documented experiences focus on the students. Some fail to go deeper into the reflection, remaining only in the description of what happened; others do not make explicit the methods and/or instruments used; others leave aside some of the fundamental aspects of service-learning, either they omit the population/community, or they do not make explicit the training purposes, or they fail to make visible the student protagonism. This commits us as a network to generate proposals to overcome these areas of opportunity.