Service-Learning (S-L) is a pedagogy and formative experience integrated into professional courses and grounded in the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP).
As a ministry of social formation, it connects academic learning and professional competencies with meaningful community engagement, critical reflection, and action.
Through S-L, students apply course-based knowledge and professional skills to real-world concerns identified with partner communities and institutions. S-L intentionally integrates learning and service: students work toward achieving course learning outcomes and professional formation while contributing to service outcomes that respond to priorities identified with community partners.
Engagement is founded on reciprocity. Community partners are recognized as co-formators, co-educators, and co-creators of the learning and service experience. Students and community partners learn from and contribute to one another through collaboration that respects the communities’ knowledge, values, strengths, agency, and expressed needs.
Completion of National Service Training Program (NSTP) 2 is a prerequisite for S-L integration because the foundational knowledge, skills, and formation gained through NSTP 2 are further applied and strengthened in planning, implementing, and reflecting on S-L actions.
Through this formative experience, students examine social realities, recognize their responsibilities as future professionals, and deepen their commitment to solidarity and a faith that does justice.
For S-L-related concerns, please contact the S-L Hub Coordinator at servicelearning.arrupe@addu.edu.ph
