This volume dedicated to the I Global Symposium Uniservitate, compiles the reflections and experiences shared in the virtual event held in October 2020. The meeting aimed to facilitate the exchange between specialists, authorities and teachers of Higher Education institutions from different cultural contexts worldwide, around university social commitment and service-learning practices and programs.
My contribution was to:
Reflections on service-learning in the identity and mission of Catholic Higher Education. It was entitled, “Motivation for Social Transformation through Spirituality in Service-Learning”.
In summary, the reflection argued that:
- The goal of Catholic Higher Education Institutions is to create competent graduates
who will be agents of social transformation. - This can be achieved through well-accompanied service-learning.
- Service-learning becomes a lifestyle when coloured by a deep spirituality.
- Spirituality has the potential to generate intrinsic motivation, which will sustain the
graduates in social transformation.
Reference:
Selvam, S.G. (2021). Motivation for social transformation through spirituality in service-learning. Proceedings of the 1st Global Symposium of Uniservitate Online, 78-81 https://www.uniservitate.org/2021/05/17/i-global-symposium-uniservitate/