Service Learning Model in Social Studies to Foster Student Social Care

The presented study aims to describe a service learning model in social studies in order to foster student social care. The research adopted a Research and Development design, with junior high school students in Bandung, Indonesia, as research subjects. Service learning in social studies is a learning framework that is developed by changing students’ learning experience by capitalizing more on the application of knowledge to provide benefits to the environment. Service learning activities were carried out in four types, namely direct service learning, indirect service learning, advocacy service learning, and research service learning. The activities were performed through stages: determining learning objectives, designing-implementing-monitoring service learning activities, presenting service learning activity reports, clarifying and reflecting on social awareness values. After the application of the service learning model in social studies, students showed a very high level of social care.