El servicio comunitario desde la perspectiva del estudiante del núcleo universitario Rafael Rangel de la Universidad de Los Andes, Trujillo

Abstract

Considering the role of the university student in the Community Service activity, in this work was investigated the opinion of students of the Rafael Rangel Faculty, University of the Andes about their experience during the induction and execution of Community Service. For the study was applied to a sample of 516 students, in the final period of performance or with the activity culminated, a questionnaire of 15 items that assess the opinion of students on the academic side and the instrumental aspect, in addition to an item asking about satisfaction in project implementation. The results indicate that student opinion is, in general, moderately favorable, better assessing their service than the learning they get from it. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the students expressed concern about the continuity of their project in the community and say that it is an activity that they find onerous. It can be concluded that to improve the student’s opinion regarding the implementation of the Community Service, this activity should ensure the consolidation of the achievements of their projects and institutional support that minimizes costs to be filled by the students for the development of the Community Service activity.