Socio-educational Action Research Articles

Hip-hop and education: A literature review of experiences

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to describe educational initiatives that use hip-hop culture as a means of socio-educational action. To this end, the authors carried out a systematic review of relevant articles published over the last 10 years in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and written in English, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian. After applying inclusion/exclusion criteria, 68 articles were analysed. This analysis revealed how most of the reported experiences refer to formal secondary education. Although a third of these experiences are linked to critical pedagogies, these were not derived from the critical use of hip-hop – which was largely instrumental. But by means of a thematic content analysis, the authors identify the main strengths and limitations of hip-hop culture as an educational medium. Among the strengths they highlight are its potential to build culturally relevant educational contexts for students traditionally excluded from the academic curriculum, its fostering of students’ political and social participation, and its facility to promote critical thinking. Among the challenges encountered in using hip-hop culture in educational spaces are some educators and families’ perceptions of hip-hop as anti-educational, the imposition by educators of a vision of hip-hop that is not shared by young people, and the lack of systematisation of experiences that can provide guidance on how to carry out this type of initiative.

Critical Reflection on Inequality and Precariousness in Contemporary Society: Reconstructing Connections from Social Intervention

This article, oriented towards good practices in social action, is nourished by reflection on the marked inequalities and precariousness that characterise contemporary reality, focusing on how these dynamics undermine the equitable distribution of opportunities that are fundamental for a dignified existence. From this perspective, we seek to reflect on the dimensions of precariousness and inequality, allowing for the re-evaluation of interventions in different environments and critically addressing the possibility of new modalities of action. The proposed approach implies an ethical commitment to overcoming the dilemma between adhering to the logic of the market and adopting a more humane and supportive stance, challenging conventions and promoting socially responsible practices. In short, the aim is to analyse intervention, enabling the (re)understanding of inequality in the social context and questioning the social structures that generate suffering, with a view to reconstructing the essential concepts of solidarity and community in contemporary society, in a critical understanding of socio-educational action in society.

Modalities of specialized socio-educational action with parents in situation of social risk: comparative study

Modalities of specialized socio-educational action with parents in situation of social risk: comparative study

ICT training in Spanish non-formal education: a revolution in the making

ABSTRACT The socio-educational actions implemented by different professionals are mainly developed in the non-formal education field, being their adaptation to the knowledge society a common challenge. The adaptation to the implementation of ICT requires training. This paper analyzes the training received and demanded in ICT by social educators, as well as the relationship between the training received and the use of technologies. A mixed sequential explanatory methodological approach is applied. In the first (quantitative) phase, the EdSocEval_V2 questionnaire was applied to a sample of 504 professionals from the 17 regions of Spain. In the second (qualitative) phase, four online discussion groups were carried out. The results show a scarce training in ICT, as well as a demand for practical training adapted to the groups with which they work. The results show a lack of coordination elements in the training offer. Adequate training is considered necessary for the different starting levels of digital competence, in a coordinated and continuous manner. ICTs are an essential work tool and professionals are a dynamic element against the digital divide and exclusion. Those who work with people who are at risk of exclusion should be adequately trained to avoid the broadening of such divide.

Has Demographic Revolution Come to a Halt? An Approximation to Successful Aging and the Need for Socio-Educational Action in the New Normal

In the recent years, there has been an increasing interest in how the aging process in integrated in current societies. The existing body of research on aging suggests that society must promote support for successful aging, which implies living more and living better. In this way, extensive research shows that older adults need to be engaged in social participation (Raymond and Grenier, 2015), and therefore, in recent years, older adult education has become a decisive part of the different policies applied to achieve successful aging. The purpose of this paper is to review the different ways in which society acts when facing aging, with special attention devoted to the Spanish situation. This study examines demographic revolution and the different implications that it poses for quality of live and successful aging. A revision of the main aging theories and recommendations to achieve successful aging are provided. Socio-educational actions linked to successful aging promotion are presented, highlighting some university programmes specifically designed for older adults. This lifelong learning scheme has the potential to revolutionize current educational practice to socially integrate older adults in postmodern societies.

Potentialities of the relationship between tourism and education: Report of experience of the tourism awareness project in the city of São Bernardo, Maranhão

The text presents a report of experience of a socio-educational action entitled Tourism Incentive Project (PROINTUR) developed by a group of students in the 6th period of the Bachelor in Tourism Course of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), São Bernardo campus. The action was developed at the Deborah Correia Lima Teaching Center, and its main goal was to raise awareness among the school community regarding the importance of tourism as a socio-historical, spatial and cultural phenomenon, a factor for promoting economic growth, and an agent for social inclusion. The importance of tourism for community development is discussed, as well as tourism education actions, especially in the school context. This is followed by a presentation of the results achieved by the project. The work was based on bibliographic research, addressing the relationship between tourism and tourism education (Rabelo, 1998; Ribas, 2008; Fonseca Filho, 2007) and by pedagogical activities such as lectures, group dynamics and conversation circles with tourism and its production chain, tourist potential, and local development as the generating themes. The results of the intervention carried out show that the school community has knowledge about the importance of tourism; however, it has a restricted view of the tourist potential of the municipality of São Bernardo and the functions exercised by the bachelors degree in tourism as a transforming agent of the local reality.

Positive parenting, family resilience, and child participation in family reunification: good professional practices

ABSTRACT Good professional practices in family reunification processes require a favourable attitude towards an approach to socio-educational action based on positive parenting, family resilience, and child participation. This quantitative study provides knowledge regarding these three perspectives based on the experience of 20 child protection system professionals (in Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Navarra) who have participated in training on and the implementation of the programme entitled ‘Caminar en familia’ (Walk as a family). Data were collected by administering a Likert-type questionnaire on two occasions, before starting the training on the programme and after implementing it with the group of families. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS v.25 software package. The results indicated a positive trend when incorporating positive parenting, family resilience, and child participation into professional practices in the child protection system, raising awareness of the children’s ability to identify their own needs and the parenting skills that their parents need to improve. In conclusion, the evidence invites us to shift the focus of professional support within the child protection system.

Socio-educational action in Colombia: historical, academic and professional means to social work and social pedagogy

Social work and social pedagogy in Colombia are disciplines and professional fields of special relevance for social and educational action. This article analyses what has been the evolution of these fields of knowledge and practice in the Colombian context, from historical, disciplinary, professional and academic standpoints. For this, a documentary analysis has been carried out methodologically in the two areas of knowledge, with a historical and theoretical review of the disciplines in the country, as well as of the relevant national undergraduate and graduate programmes. This article concludes by establishing that social work has a longer historical trajectory in the country to provide social responses to complex problems and violence, with vocational professionalisation, scientific intervention and wide academic recognition in careers present in the country’s universities. In contrast, social pedagogy has had some attempts at being instituted into careers in the country and presents a great diversification of professions from popular or community education, and has struggled to become professionalised due to the prominence given to social work by public policy and education. Nonetheless, our analysis demonstrates that with the historical influence of critical pedagogies and recent global contributions, there is currently a significant upward trajectory of social pedagogy in Colombia, with two Master’s degrees existing since 2019 (which train educators and social workers in socio-educational action).

The Professional Dimension in Spanish Prison Socio-Educational Action

(1) Background: The article addresses the reality of prison professionals in ordinary and open prison conditions, which includes the perceptions of women prisoners, due to their low institutional presence that limits their reintegration, from a socio-educational perspective. The aim is to analyse psycho-emotional, educational, and work-related dimensions of professionals and the perception of female prisoners. (2) Methods: The study was carried out with a mixed design from two research projects. The sample consisted of 102 professionals and 75 women from 13 autonomous communities. The instruments were semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with the female prisoners. For the analysis, content analysis, basic statistics, contingency tables, and independence tests were carried out. (3) Results: The results indicate a lower presence of educational professionals and a higher presence of women. Most of them believe more in the reintegration of women, but see ordinary imprisonment and drug consumption as a limitation for it. The professionals state the lack of resources, bureaucratisation, and management, lack of training, and retraining as the main problems and needs. For their part, women demand individualised interventions adapted to their circumstances. (4) Conclusions: In short, it shows a professional reality that can be improved but with strengths such as motivation, experience, and social skills. The socio-educational dimension is valued for the dignification of women prisoners, their transition to life in freedom, and their reintegration.

Socio-educational action in self-managed youth meeting spaces in the Basque country

ABSTRACT This study focuses on the emerging phenomenon of youth hangouts as a self-managed sphere for leisure and free time in the context of the Basque Country. The aim of this research was to analyse the following: the characterisation of these spaces and the profile of their participants; possible problems of coexistence; and youth participation and development in their context and in relation to their community. Employing a quantitative methodology, questionnaires were administeried to a sample of 2,014 young people from seven municipalities of Bizkaia (Basque Country). Some of the most significant findings refer to the continuous growth of this phenomenon and the consideration of youth spaces as a context for growth and social participation. These are important aspects to be considered when developing educational and youth policies.

Análisis DAFO del quehacer profesional de la Educación Social en los servicios sociales: posibilidades y límites

El artículo presenta un análisis de las prácticas educativas de las educadoras y los educadores sociales en los servicios sociales, centrándose en el estudio de los aspectos internos y externos al funcionamiento de dichos servicios que facilitan o limitan las posibilidades de desarrollar una acción socioeducativa de calidad. El trabajo se sustenta en una investigación de corte cualitativo llevada a cabo con 14 educadoras sociales y 10 personas expertas en el ámbito de los servicios sociales, realizando - mediante un cuestionario online- un análisis DAFO que permita indagar en los factores que inciden en el desarrollo de acciones socioeducativas orientadas a capacitar a las personas en tareas que les posibiliten ganar mayores cuotas de autonomía y ampliar sus redes de apoyo familiar y comunitarias. Los resultados ponen de manifiesto la presencia de limitaciones para la práctica de la Educación Social en los servicios sociales vinculadas a la falta de inversión en política social, a la excesiva burocratización y centralización de los servicios, a la falta de coordinación en los equipos de trabajo o a la ausencia de mirada socioeducativa en las acciones que se llevan a cabo. El trabajo en red se percibe como la principal oportunidad para la mejora de las prácticas socioeducativas en los servicios sociales, destacando la motivación y el compromiso profesional como fortaleza. Las conclusiones señalan que tanto las educadoras sociales como el grupo de expertos coinciden en la necesidad de potenciar las redes socioeducativas en los territorios a fin de mejorar el funcionamiento de los servicios sociales e impulsar la iniciativa ciudadana. Se considera necesaria una mayor reflexión acerca de la práctica profesional, dado que las limitaciones no solamente derivan de factores externos, sino también de aspectos internos de la profesión (formación continua, establecimiento de criterios comunes de actuación, etc.).

Masculinidades alternativas: un modelo para alcanzar la transformación desde la educación social

El presente artículo propone unas orientaciones para incorporar el Feminismo y las “masculinidades alternativas” en la acción socioeducativa, llevada a cabo por educadores y educadoras sociales en sus diferentes ámbitos de trabajo. A partir de una revisión teórica sobre el concepto de masculinidades alternativas y su importancia para la transformación de las sociedades, este enfoque de género pone al hombre como principal protagonista, en el camino hacia la igualdad. A través de estas líneas reflexivas plantearemos cómo y de qué manera, el modelo de masculinidad hegemónica construido desde el patriarcado crea una diferencia desigualitaria en función del sexo, posicionando a la mujer en una situación de desventaja permanente y ejerciendo consecuencias negativas también para muchos hombres. Ante esto, enfocaremos las masculinidades alternativas como cuestionadoras de ese modelo, ya que su enfoque crítico, y por lo tanto sus propuestas, son indispensables en toda acción encaminada a la transformación social.

Relação entre conhecimento materno sobre rotulagem de alimentos e consumo de ultraprocessados em crianças e adolescentes atendidos em um projetos de extensão universitária

O objetivo desse estudo foi verificar a associação entre o conhecimento materno sobre rotulagem e o consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados em crianças e adolescentes participantes de um Programa de Ação Socioeducativa. A amostra foi realizada por conveniência, totalizando 21 participantes. Um questionário padronizado sobre rotulagem foi utilizado com as mães e foram aplicados 2 recordatórios alimentares de 24h com as crianças/adolescentes. O consumo de alimentos ultraprocessados em gramas, kcal e percentual de kcal foi quantificado em relação ao consumo energético total. Verificou-se que a mediana de consumo de kcal provenientes de alimentos ultraprocessados e gramas desses alimentos foram maiores entre os filhos de mães que disseram não ter o hábito de ler os rótulos dos alimentos. Pode-se concluir que ações educativas que promovam maior conhecimento e interpretação de rótulos são necessárias para melhores escolhas alimentares.

Ética e deliberação prática. As narrativas dos educadores sociais

This text presents the results of a study part carried out with a group of Portuguese social educators following understand how these technicians of socio-educational action deal with the emerging ethical issues of your daily professional life. To that end, we tried a strategy of research based on the collection of narratives produced by the unique actors in alignment with an ethical practice of eminently dialogical and relational content. As will be underlined, the results collected and analyzed specific ethical-deontological training needs, with emphasis on deliberative skills in context.

Socio-Environmental Problematic, End-Purposes, and Strategies Relating to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through the Perspectives of Spanish Secondary Education Trainee Teachers

In this paper, representations of Spanish Secondary Education trainee teachers (n = 163) are analyzed with regard to the socio-environmental problematic, end-purposes, and strategies of education for sustainable development (ESD). Likewise, the study seeks to identify the potential influence of sociodemographic variables on those representations and, in particular, possible differences between either the perceptions or the beliefs of trainee teachers of Geography and History and those from other disciplines. The study can be classified as a non-experimental ex post facto investigation based on a questionnaire, yielding results that reflected the commitment of the students towards teaching through the implementation of strategies directed at conflict resolution for social transformation, and towards teaching the development of critical and creative thinking skills for social interventions. Likewise, the study reports the promotion of specific socio-educational actions leading to sustainable development. These results show the absence of differences in terms of the sex, age, institutional affiliation, background discipline or specialism, or previous training in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the students. Despite the identification of greater tendencies towards the conceptualized development of social awareness and active citizenship among trainee teachers of Geography and History, these results reflected the pertinence and the educational need for ESD in higher education from a holistic and transversal perspective.

Déficits en la acción socioeducativa dirigida a adolescentes vulnerables latinoamericanos residentes en España

El Sistema de Protección a la Infancia y a la Adolescencia español utiliza los mismos mecanismos con la población tutelada nacional que con la extranjera de origen latinoamericano. Con esta investigación se pretende conocer las dificultades específicas de la juventud procedente de América Latina, en edad de emancipación y que tiene expediente de protección, así como identificar estrategias eficaces para la actuación socioeducativa. Mediante metodología cualitativa, en el marco de la teoría fundamentada, se realizan con juventud tutelada seis seguimientos longitudinales y cuatro relatos de vida. Se concluye con dos grupos de discusión con figuras profesionales especializadas. Los resultados muestran déficits en el acompañamiento socioeducativo, especialmente producto del choque entre las metas del proyecto migratorio y la rigidez del sistema. Se constata la ausencia de redes sociales de apoyo para la emancipación.

Educación patrimonial, turismo e inclusión social: acciones para promover el ejercicio de la ciudadanía.

The purpose of this article is to analyze educational initiatives from two fortified sites in Latin America - the Fortifications complex in the north of Santa Catarina Island [Brazil] and the Historic District of Colonia del Sacramento [Uruguay]. It was observed how these socio-educational actions, implemented by tourism, impact on their respective local communities by promoting the exercise of citizenship and social inclusion. This is a field and documentary research conducted for a master's thesis defended at the Federal University of Santa Catarin

High seroprevalence and associated factors for visceral leishmaniasis in dogs in a transmission area of Paraíba state, Northeastern Brazil.

Dogs have been implicated as main reservoirs for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in urban areas. Therefore, studies on this species provide important data for public health. Thus, the objective of the present study was to ascertain the seroprevalence of canine VL (CVL) and the associated factors in the Brejo Paraibano microregion, northeastern Brazil. A total of 409 dogs were sampled from the eight municipalities of the microregion: Alagoa Grande, Alagoa Nova, Areia, Bananeiras, Borborema, Matinhas, Pilões and Serraria. The diagnosis of CVL was made using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA S7®), through which the prevalence observed was 29.3%. By robust Poisson regression analysis two factors were associated with seroprevalence: illiterate/incomplete elementary owner's education level (prevalence ratio = 1.57; 95% CI = 1.05-2.34; p-value = 0.027) and tick infestation (prevalence ratio = 1.82; 95% CI = 1.27-2.61; p-value = 0.001). It is concluded that the seroprevalence of CVL in the Brejo Paraibano microregion is high. The factors associated with seroprevalence indicated the importance to develop socioeducational actions on the population, and the finding that tick infestation was associated with seroprevalence shows that there is a need for investigation regarding the role of ticks in the epidemiology of CVL.

‘Management and leadership of networks for educational success: analysis of emerging networks in Spain’

ABSTRACTWithin the framework of the CaixaProinfancia programme, networks have been developed in 18 regions of Spain which promote intersectoral cooperation to combat the social and educational exclusion of children. Their emerging nature and simultaneous development have enabled a comparative study to be made of their organisation, the supporting and inhibiting factors, and the perception of the results. The conclusions stress the importance of leadership which takes into account the principles of transversality and horizontality, as well as properly focusing the socioeducational action and implementing it within a relatively short period of time. Some networks evolve in their approach, going from attending to the participants’ needs to more global approaches to socioeducational governance.

El fantasma del control y los celos: violencia de género durante el noviazgo

Es indiscutible que la violencia de género continúa siendo una lacra social. Y, aunque es evidente el incremento de visibilidad y la sensibilización social al respecto, todavía es necesaria una gran labor de concienciación en igualdad y respeto hacia la mujer. En este sentido, el avance acelerado de las nuevas tecnologías, la generalización de su uso cotidiano y su elevado impacto social han brindado otras formas de comunicarse y de relacionarse, pero también han posibilitado nuevas manifestaciones de violencia de género, especialmente en parejas de adolescentes y jóvenes. Así, las nuevas formas de violencia de género durante el noviazgo, los mitos románticos y los estereotipos de género demandan un nuevo rumbo hacia líneas de investigación adaptadas a los tiempos. En el presente trabajo se pretende analizar, mediante una metodología cuantitativa, empírico-analítica, la violencia de género durante el noviazgo y la relación de ésta con las nuevas tecnologías, centrándonos en las cogniciones, vivencias y conductas experimentadas por las mujeres en tal sentido.Para ello, se utilizó un cuestionario de elaboración propia, conformado por preguntas cerradas de opción múltiple y preguntas tipo Likert, que fue aplicado a una muestra de 141 mujeres. Los resultados revelan que, en la muestra analizada, el grado de información y de conocimiento efectivo del fenómeno es más bajo del deseado. Por su parte, casi un tercio de las mujeres reconoce que su novio es celoso y posesivo. Un porcentaje similar afirma que su novio tiene sus contraseñas de móvil, aunque en menor medida asumen que él controla sus redes sociales y su dispositivo móvil. También son relevantes los comentarios y bromas sarcásticos de carácter celotípico hacia ellas por parte de sus parejas y las acusaciones de infidelidad o de coquetear con otros. Por último, se proponen unas breves líneas de actuación socioeducativa.