Desenvolvemento de competencias en estudantes implicados e non implicados nunha experiencia aprendizaxe-servizo

Resumen

In this work, two methodologies were used; project-based learning (PBL) and service –learning (S-L) to address the transversal skills of the subject “Fundamentals of Physics”. This subject is taught in the first year of the Degree in Engineering of Industrial Design and Product Development. The objectives of the work were; to assess the impact on the undergraduate students and to evaluate the skills reached, depending on the type of project in which they were involved. In both methodologies, the student is the protagonist of their own learning process, cooperative and collaborative learning are favoured and the skills evaluation is easier for the teacher, who follow the student during the whole process. Besides, S-L brings added value because a service to the community is performed, which helps to educate students also in values. All the students achieved the programmed skills and others, as self-confident or ability to take decisions. But besides, the undergraduate students involved in S-L activity achieved other personal skills, such as empathy, learning from those who are different or recognition of their potential as citizens and agents of social change. Different S-L projects also lead to different skills.