Service Learning (SL) is a teaching methodology that combines learning and service in a real
situation. Given its contribution to the process of acquiring professional skills, this study analyses the
innovative nature of an ApS experience carried out in the second year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Social
Education at the University of Malaga. This initiative was developed within the framework of a teaching
improvement and coordination project involving four subjects. In this project, the students carried out
the diagnosis, design, implementation and evaluation of a socio-educational intervention process in contexts of psychosocial risk. Around 60 students participated in the experience. Each group of 4-6 students
materialised these actions in a third sector entity that developed socio-educational programmes with
children, young people and families. The evaluation of the experience was carried out using a mixed
methodology, based on an ad hoc questionnaire. The results indicated the achievement of the objectives
and a positive evaluation by the students, showing the innovative characteristics of the experience. In
conclusion, it is noted that with this innovation and coordination project between subjects, an experiential learning experience was achieved that empowered socio-educational intervention, enhancing an
adequate professional performance adjusted to the real needs of the socio-educational context.
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