Service learning in universities in Buenos Aires: moving towards institutionalization

Abstract

Service learning is having a wide spread in the international arena; if we focus on its development within Higher Education, more specifically in the Latin American context, we must undoubtedly refer to the Argentine University. A recent research and training stay in Buenos Aires, has allowed us to approach the reality that different universities are presenting on the inclusion of service learning within their structures. The review of institutional documentation, the visit of various projects and above all, the interviews with several agents involved in the establishment and development of it, have been helpful to understand the level of institutionalization that this proposal is achieving, as well as the challenges being presented to the future. All this is reflected in the analysis and the conclusions we recollect in the final closure