Results from a qualitative study on the effects of service learning on preservice teacher development in working with culturally diverse learners, specifically within the context of bilingual education and teachers of English as a second language, are discussed. Data were gathered from course reflection papers and participant interviews of college students who participated in service-learning projects with Latino communities. A discourse ensues on five themes that were discovered from the analysis.
Se discuten los resultados de un estudio cualitativo sobre los efectos de aprendizaje-servicio en el desarrollo de maestros en pre-servicio cuando trabajan con estudiantes de diversas culturas, específicamente en el contexto de educación bilingüe y maestros de inglés como segunda lengua. La información se obtuvo a través de manuscritos de reflexión y entrevistas de los estudiantes universitarios que participaron en proyectos de servicio-aprendizaje en comunidades latinas. Se descubrieron y discuten cinco temas en el análisis de la información.
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