Scientific production in Doctoral Thesis on Service Learning in Spain (2000-2016)

Abstract

The interest in knowing the trends of research conducted at the university level on service learning in the last two decades in the Spanish context has led to inquire the Doctoral Thesis on this topic in the period between 2000 and 2016. From the data collected into the TESEO database from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport it has been done a content analysis of the titles, descriptors and abstracts, assessing the productivity of the area, the main general and methodological characteristics and the thematic studied. The study has shown increasing interest in the academic and scientific field onto service learning as it is a teaching methodology that promotes the development of various competencies through educational activities including community service. The university context stands as one of the priority for the development of SL programs.