High school teachers’ perception about a service-learning project. A case study

Abstract

Service-learning is a methodology that has steadily grown over the last decades. It is connected to the development of social and civic competences, which arouse learners’ interest in academic tasks. Nowadays, it is necessary to carry out researches that prove the results that are obtained when this methodology is implemented in real teaching contexts so that they allow guiding other initiatives and drawing conclusions that can be transferable to educational contexts. We present the results of a case study in which it is assessed the project ‘Atocha Solidaria’ that was developed in a high school in Madrid, Spain, and in which 13 teachers participated. The study analyses teachers’ perception about the project from a qualitative perspective. The instrument chosen to collect data was a semi-structured interview. The results obtained showed that the majority of teachers had a quite positive perception of the project, specifically, participants referred to its impact in students’ learning, in their motivation, and in the development of social and digital competences. Moreover, results showed teachers’ involvement and participation in the project, and school management team support.