Initial perspectives towards service-learning methodology in the professional competences of primary education graduates with a specialization in physical education. A pilot study

The aim of the first phase for this Service Learning (SL) project was to provide the physical education teachers responsible of applying the SL model to the target group, with initial information about their predisposition prior to the intervention, serving as a meta-evaluative and reflective tool. Three university students of the Degree in Primary Education with mention in physical education (21 and 24 years old) and enrolled in the subject "The Game and Sport", voluntarily participated in this pre-intervention with 30 primary school students from the Naum socio-educational project. The IMAPS-AFD-FI scale, designed to observe the degree of satisfaction of the students when participating in PES projects, was used to assess professional competencies. Positive tendencies were obtained (between 3.33 and 4.67 out of 5 points on a Likert scale), with minimal standard deviations, for the items belonging to the dimensions learning; pedagogical value; social impact; professional development; professional skills and experience opinion. The implementation of this SL project seems to have a positive impact on the pre-intervention predisposition of university student learners. This fact that could have repercussions on better prosocial behavior, sense of social responsibility, meaningful learning, as well as on an emotional level.