PEDAGOGÍA DE LA MUERTE MEDIANTE APRENDIZAJE SERVICIO (PEDAGOGY OF DEATH BY SERVICE LEARNING)

The inclusion of death in education as a formative element is still an emerging challenge. Its didactic introduction, in our opinion, could contribute to the development of education that includes «radical or perennial issues», defined as those that, like the present case, not are required, nor explicitly integrated into curriculum or teaching projects and are essential for human formation. Accordingly, it is particularly urgent to generate teaching methodologies that can foster their educational treatment. Service Learning (SL), can support important aspects in education today such as civic education, common action and social responsibility. Its connection to social action is connected with one of the possible aims of the Pedagogy of Death, which is to train citizens to consider the human condition of finitude as a guiding value that is vital for social improvement. This article presents the SL as a methodology proposal from which it is possible to develop the Pedagogy of Death, describing various educational activities for the different stages of education. The conclusions assess the SL as a possible methodological approach of Pedagogy of Death, highlighting the need for quality teacher training ahead of their proper use.