La educación inclusiva es un reto compartido y una necesidad si se pretende avanzar hacia una sociedad más justa. Si bien se ha mejorado sobre la atención a la diversidad funcional en el aula, existe mucho margen de mejora; y la realidad educativa y la literatura nos interpelan a seguir investigando en este sentido. La formación inicial docente es una etapa importante en la que incidir a través de experiencias educativas que posibiliten el desarrollo de aprendizajes, valores y habilidades que faciliten la atención a la diversidad en el futuro profesorado. Esta investigación se centra en analizar un programa de Aprendizaje-Servicio (ApS) atendiendo a cómo afecta en la construcción de la identidad personal y docente del alumnado universitario participante. El grupo de participantes (n=123) está constituido por el grupo-clase de la asignatura obligatoria “Fundamentos de la Expresión Corporal; Juegos Motrices en Educación Infantil” del Grado en Maestro o Maestra de Educación Infantil de la Universitat Jaume I. Esta investigación se ha abordado desde un enfoque cualitativo y el instrumento de recogida de información lo han conformado diarios de seguimiento completados por el alumnado participante. Los resultados refuerzan el estado de la cuestión denotando un cambio en la identidad personal y docente del estudiantado y muestran al ApS como una herramienta adecuada para promover aprendizajes, valores y sentimientos que resultan imprescindibles para avanzar hacia la inclusión educativa. Inclusive education is not only a challenge but also a necessity in order to achieve a just society. Although the attention to functional diversity in the classroom has been improved, there are still many aspects to improve; and the educational reality and literature are pushing researchers to continue investigating in this sense. Initial teacher training is a critical stage in which educational experiences may influence through the development of learning, values and skills that facilitate attention to diversity in future teachers. This research aims at analyzing the implications that participating in a Service-Learning (SL) programme may come with regarding the building up of university students’ identity and personality. The participating sample (n = 123) is made up of the group-class of the compulsory subject “Fundamentals of Body Expression; Motor Games in Early Childhood Education”, within the Degree in Early Childhood Education of the Universitat Jaume I. This research has used a qualitative approach. The data collection instrument has been students’ reflective diaries. The results reinforce the state of the art, displaying a rebuilding of the students’ personal and teaching identity. In addition, they show that SL may be an adequate tool to promote learning, values and feelings that are essential to advance towards inclusive education.

As classrooms become more and more diverse, it is imperative to provide physical education teacher education (PETE) students with opportunities to develop competencies that promote quality education for all students. In this study, PETE students applied a physical education service-learning (SL) program aimed at enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children’s motor domain and general well-being—objectives that are connected to the third focus of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Traditionally, research on SL has focused on students’ outcomes, and there is a call to examine SL’s effects on service receivers, which is the gap this paper aspires to fill. The aim of this study was to measure the postural control of children with ASD who were involved in a 6-month SL program in comparison to ASD peers in a control group. A quasi-experimental design was used in which a total of 29 children with ASD participated. The results of the experimental group showed a significant improvement in the vestibular pathways, an improvement trend in the somatosensorial and visual pathways and improvements in the dynamic tests. This study provides valuable feedback about how SL programs can benefit ASD children to improve their postural control, thus contributing to the third SDG concerned with well-being promotion.

Active and democratic citizenship promotion has become a critical challenge for higher education, and civic engagement is a fundamental axis not only in education but also in fostering democratic systems. Consequently, teacher educators held a prominent role through their own teaching practices to generate contexts promoting critical thinking, skills and attitudes. The aim of this study was to analyze the learning related to the political dimension developed by pre-service teachers (n = 123) after participating in a Service-Learning program through physical education with children at risk or/and student with educational needs. This research followed a qualitative research approach and we based the analysis of reflective diaries on Gorham’s (2005) categories regarding political learning: Critical political thinking, Interest in politics, Deliberation and Political judgment. The findings show a development in learning such as civic attitudes, critical political thinking, awareness of social justice problems, increased civic compromise and responsibility. The Service-Learning program, therefore, may have been an adequate option to develop pre-service teachers’ learning related to a political perspective. Therefore, these findings let us understand how Service-Learning may foster equity and social justice among future teachers.

Purpose: This research analyzes the effects of a Service-learning program on the development of civic attitudes and skills on preservice teachers (n = 98). They provided a direct service of motor sessions aimed at children with functional diversity. Method: The topic was approached using a mixed methodological approach. A pre- and posttest quantitative analysis was performed on the results obtained after applying the Civic Attitudes and Skills Questionnaire, and a qualitative analysis was performed on the content of follow-up journals. Results: The quantitative results indicated a significant positive posttest, and qualitative analysis explained the civic skills and attitudes that the preservice teachers acquired. Discussion/Conclusion: Service-learning is a useful method for promoting the civic attitudes and skills of preservice teachers. The acquired learning specifically affected the different dimensions involved in achieving meaningful learning, an improvement in the skills and attitudes that are essential characteristics of an inclusive teacher.

Social entrepreneurship (SE) is often presented in the literature as the key to solve many of this world’s persistent social problems. SE offers a special opportunity to address the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to boost the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This research examines the effects of Service Learning (SL) on the SE of university students and to examine whether certain sociodemographic factors (i.e., age, entrance studies, family studies, social participation, and employment situation) are associated with students’ SE competence development when applying SL. Pre-service teachers (n = 98) of the degree in early childhood education applied a physical education SL programme. We used a quantitative method with a pre-experimental design, using pre-test and post-test measures. The findings obtained show a significant improvement on the SE competence of PSTs, so SL seems a good tool to develop it. The results that analyse the influence of socio-demographic factors do not show significant correlations. There are very few studies focusing on this objective, so it would be interesting to encourage the research community to provide more data in this area.