Service-learning in physical education teacher education: A retrospective exploratory study to examine its challenges

This work is a qualitative retrospective exploratory study that aims to problematize service-learning to identify the challenges this pedagogical approach may entail in teacher education. Drawing on the narratives of 175 pre-service teachers and the data gathered by 14 teacher educators/researchers...

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Published inTeaching and teacher education Vol. 135; p. 104350
Main Authors Salvador-Garcia, Celina, Chiva-Bartoll, Oscar, Maravé-Vivas, María, Gil-Gómez, Jesús
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2023
Subjects
Challenges
Dilemmas
Pedagogical approach
Service-learning
Teacher education
Teacher education
Dilemmas
Pedagogical approach
Challenges
Service-learning
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Summary:This work is a qualitative retrospective exploratory study that aims to problematize service-learning to identify the challenges this pedagogical approach may entail in teacher education. Drawing on the narratives of 175 pre-service teachers and the data gathered by 14 teacher educators/researchers who have been applying service-learning (9 meetings - 608 min), we encountered six interconnected categories of findings (i.e., individual participants’ dispositions, complex working conditions, pedagogy, logistics, subject, other agents), within which we identified different interconnected tensions. The findings show that service-learning is complex and challenging, and we provide some suggestions to deal with the issues it entails.
ISSN:0742-051X
1879-2480
DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2023.104350