Resources for teaching staff
Here you will find documents that can help you better design, develop, support, and evaluate a service-learning project. If there are any missing, please inform us at aprenentatge.servei@uab.cat.
Most used
- Checklist to tutor a TFG with ApS at the UAB. List of compulsory and recommended tasks to be carried out by the tutors of Bachelor's Degree Final Projects with Service Learning at the UAB.
- Guide for teaching staff on how to supervise a TFG with SL methodology at the UAB..
- Self-Assessment Tool for Service-Learning Projects at the UAB. This rubric is used to evaluate Service-Learning project forms and also serves as a tool for faculty and others involved in Service-Learning experiences to carry out a self-assessment exercise aimed at understanding and improving the quality of these projects.
- Model agreement for a TFG with SL methodology.
- SL description sheet. Description sheet that must be completed by teaching staff who are supervising an SL project for the first time. This document asks about the various criteria and elements of the SL project, which an assessment committee subsequently confirms. It is essential for certifying the experience as SL.
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- Assessment table for the TFGs with SL Awards. Document that lists the criteria used to determine the quality of an SL project.
- Transforming the culture of knowledge: From the privileged epistemic subject to the network of shared knowledge. A toolkit to promote the ApS methodology in Bachelor's Degree Final Projects created by members of the Department of Philosophy of the UAB. The toolkit is completed with an audiovisual device that you can consult here.
- Guide for the introduction of the SDGs and Global Justice in degree memories, with practical examples of incorporating Service Learning into subjects and Final Degree Project. Xènia Gavaldà - Fundació Autònoma Solidària.
- Informational leaflet of Service-Learning (ApS) at the UAB.
The following is a compilation of all scientific articles related to service-learning in which members of the UAB have been involved. If you have published an article on SL and it does not appear in the list, please send it to aprenentatge.servei@uab.cat.
List of articles (alphabetic order):
Blanch, S., Blanes, I., Bosco, A., Campoy, S., Casillas, S., Castells, E., et al. (2022). Experiències docents d'Aprenentatge i Servei a la UAB. Eines d'innovació docent en educació superior; 9. Bellaterra: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de publicacions. https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/colleccioIDES/eines9.pdf
Blanch, S., Comes, P., Edo, M., Estrada, J., Gimeno, X., Moron, M., París, G., & Peire, T. (2016). Qüestionari d’avaluació del desenvolupament de les competències personals i prosocials. Bellaterra: Dipòsit digital de documents de la UAB. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/145653
Blanch, S., Edo, M., & Comes, P. (2013). Aprendizaje Servicio (ApS) en el practicum IV del grado de Educación Infantil. Un enfoque educativo que fomenta la implicación social del alumnado y completa su capacitación profesional. En Muñoz Carril, P.C., Raposo- Rivas, M., González Sanmamed, M., Martínez-Figueira, M.E., Zabalza-Cerdeiriña, M., & Pérez-Abellás, A. (eds). Un Practicum para la formación integral de los estudiantes. (pp. 503-516). Santiago de Compostela: Andavira.
Edo, M., & Blanch, S. (2016). El patio de los deseos. Un proyecto de aprendizaje y servicio. En: J. Gairín e I. Vizcaíno. Manual de Educación Infantil. Orientaciones y Recursos (0-6 años). (pp.1-11). Barcelona: Wolters Kluwer. En línea mediante suscripción en la plataforma digital ebiblox.
Esteban R. (2024). L'aprenentatge i servei en el treball final del grau de Dret dins Cid, J. (coord.) et al. Innovació docent i aprenentatge jurídic. Desafiaments i oportunitats del nou model docent del grau de Dret. (pp. 49-55) Bellaterra: Facultat de Dret de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/llibres/2024/298706/inndocapr_a2024.pdf
García Romero, D., Macías-Gómez-Estern, B. ., Martínez-Lozano, V. ., & Lalueza, J. L. . (2024). El aprendizaje auténtico en el aprendizaje-servicio. Educación formal, participación social y cambio identitario. Revista De Educación, 1(404), 81–107. https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2024-404-618
García-Romero, D., Lalueza, J.L., & Blanch-Gelabert, S. (2021). Análisis de un proceso de institucionalización del Aprendizaje-Servicio universitario. Athenea Digital, 21(3), e2934. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenea.2934
García-Romero, D. & Lalueza, J.L. (2019). Procesos de aprendizaje en ApS universitario: una revisión teórica. Educación XX1 https://doi.org/10.5944/
García-Romero, D. (2018). L'ApS en contextos d'exclusió social a Barcelona. Shere Rom-5D. En Escofet, A. & Fuertes, M.T. (coords.): Construint vinvles entre universitat i societat. 20 experiències d'aprenentatge servei a les universitats catalanes. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Recuperat de: https://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/129644/1/9788491682103%20%28Creative%20Commons%29.pdf
García-Romero, D., Martínez-Lozano, Virginia, & Lalueza, J.L. (2018). Los diarios de campo en la evaluación del Aprendizaje-Servicio. En M. Ruiz-Corbella & J. García-Gutiérrez (Eds.), Aprendizaje-Servicio. Los retos de la evaluación (pp. 153-168). Madrid: Narcea.
García-Romero, D., Sánchez-Busqués, S., & Lalueza, J.L. (2018). Exploring the value of Service Learning: students’ assessments of personal, procedural and content learning. Estudios sobre Educación, 35, 557-577 https://doi.org/10.15581/004.
Güell Bosch, J., Blanch Gelabert, S., Lalueza Sazatornil, J. L., Prat Fernández, J., Soler Membrives, A., & Valdés Gázquez, M. (2024). Programa de trabajos de fin de grado con aprendizaje-servicio: una experiencia de institucionalización consolidada. Trabalho apresentado no XII Congreso Nacional y VI Internacional de Aprendizaje-Servicio Universitario, Palma, Espanha.
Lalueza, J.L. & Macías-Gómez-Estern, B. (2020): Border crossing. A service-learning approach based on transformative learning and cultural-historical psychology (Cruzando la frontera. Una aproximación al aprendizaje Servicio desde elaprendizaje transformativo y la psicología histórico-cultural), Culture and Education, 32(3), 556-582 https://doi.org/10.1080/11356405.2020.1792755
Lalueza, J.L., Sánchez-Busqués, S., & García-Romero, D. (2019). Following the trail of the 5th Dimension: University-community partnership to design educational environments. Mind, Culture & Activity https://doi.org/10.1080/
Lalueza, J.L., Sánchez-Busqués, S., & Padrós, M. (2016). Creando vínculos entre Universidad y Comunidad: el proyecto Shere Rom, una experiencia de aprendizaje servicio en la Faciltad de Psicología de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. RIDAS. Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje Servicio, nº2, pp. 33-69.
Lalueza, J. L., Peries, D., Valdivia-Vizarreta, P., & Blanch-Gelabert, S. (2023). ¿Qué sabemos acerca del impacto social de los programas de ApS universitario? Un estudio de caso. RIDAS. Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje-Servicio, (16), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1344/RIDAS2023.16.6
Macías-Gómez-Estern, B. & Lalueza, J.L. (2024). Navigating I-positionings in higher education Service Learning as hybrid scenarios: a case study. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 45, 100805 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2024.100805
París, G., Blanch, S., Comes, P., Edo, M., Estrada, J., Gimeno, X, Moron, M., & ¿ Peire, T. (2017). Rúbrica d’autoavaluació de competències i habilitats personals i prosocials. Bellaterra: Dipòsit digital de documents de la UAB. Recuperat de https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/recdoc/2017/169417/RUBRICA_publicar_DDD.pdf
Sánchez-Busqués, S., García Romero, D., Lalueza, J.L., Padrós, M., Macías-GómezEster, B., Marco-Macarro, M.J., & Martínez-Lozano, V. (2018). Proyecto de aprendizaje-servicio para la docencia, intervención e investigación en contestos de exclusión social. Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, nº42, pp. 85-44.
The following are a series of guides created by the Catalan University Service-Learning Network [ApS(U)Cat Network], in which the UAB takes part as a university and which were published with support from the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP). These documents provide an in-depth look at service-learning in various fields and university contexts, and their purpose is to build and disseminate knowledge on SL at the University. These guides should offer readers an opportunity to reflect on and draw inspiration from topics related to university service-learning.
- ApS(U)CAT Network (2025). Guide 6: The Social Impact of University Service-Learning. ACUP
- ApS(U)CAT Network (2023).Guide 5: Service-Learning Experiences in External Curricular Placements. ACUP
- ApS(U)CAT Network (2022). Guide 4: Service-Learning and Social Inclusion. ACUP
- ApS(U)CAT Network (2021). Guide 3: Profiguration, Service-Learning and Intergenerational Relationships. ACUP
- ApS(U)CAT Network (2021).Guide 2: Service-Learning and Curricular Placements in Bachelor’s Degrees in Education. ACUP
- ApS(U)CAT Network (2020). Guide 1: Service-Learning and Reflective Practice. ACUP
- ApS(U)CAT Network - Catalan University Service-Learning Network (2019). Guide 0: Service-Learning at University. ACUP
The following are a series of websites, publications and other relevant resources created outside the UAB community that may be useful for anyone involved in SL projects.
GREM: Research Group on Moral Education at the University of Barcelona (UB): https://www.ub.edu/GREM/inici. This group created, among other things, the Rubric for the Self-Assessment and Enhancement of SL Projects. Barcelona: Jaume Bofill Foundation (2014).
UB SL Promotion Centre https://aprenentatgeservei.cat/
SL at the Bofill Foundation https://www.fbofill.cat/aprenentatge-servei-aps
Spanish SL Network https://aprendizajeservicio.net/
Roser Batlle https://roserbatlle.net/aprendizaje-servicio/iniciativas-en-espana/red-aps-universidades/
Barcelona Education Consortium https://www.edubcn.cat/asc/