Service-Learning and Teaching Practice: A Relationship for Change in Education

This article presents the results of a study analyzing the influence of Service-Learning projects on the development and improvement of educational practices. A primary school classroom was used as the study's axis for investigation and the effects that were triggered during the project's implementation where the primary school teacher and students, the university professor and students and representatives of different institutions took part. The research methodology used was a case study and the strategies of collecting information were participant observation, semi-structured interviews and analysis of documents. The results have enabled us to demonstrate the effects of the pedagogical conceptions of the teacher, classroom curricular programming and professional development. Based on these findings, we conclude that Service-Learning opens new horizons for the design of innovative practices of social utility.