LEARNING AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT. TOWARDS THE AWARENESS OF THE STUDENTS OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA

Abstract

The paper describes a methodological innovation project carried out in the subjects History of Contemporary and Social Education, first year of the Degree in Social Education, and Health Psychology, of the Degree in Infantile Education. The work consisted in the design and development of Service Learning experiences, which is an educational methodology that combines knowledge acquisition and community service processes in a single, well-articulated project in which participants learn while intervening in real needs. of the environment. This didactic strategy allows to learn curricular contents and to form citizen attitudes and commitments. It is sought, then, in addition to the gain in knowledge, the sensitization of the students before the problems of the others and the implication in actions tending to solve them; the analysis of reality, in short, to improve it in the light of varied and rich sources of information and through group work, social commitment, reflective capacity and critical judgment.