The potential of the service learning for the personalization of school learning

Abstract

The progressive blurring of the sense of school education is caused, among other factors, by the imbalance that exists between the features of the new ecology of learning and the assumptions about learning that underlie the design of educational systems. This lag can be, in part, cushioned by personalizing learning. The general objective of this work is to analyze the potential of service learning for the personalization of school learning. For this, a research has been designed that analyzes in depth the service learning program carried out in a secondary education institute of the Community of Madrid (Spain). It is a case study, longitudinal, consisting of two cycles of design-implementation-monitoring-analysis of results. The results highlight the main strengths and weaknesses of the service learning program studied.