Reflexionando sobre los proyectos de desarrollo comunitario en tiempos de crisis

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Gómez Jarabo ◽  
Marta Gómez Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
School Population ◽  
Action Research And Learning

Reflexionando sobre los proyectos de desarrollo comunitario en tiempos de crisisRESUMENEn el presente estudio pretendemos reflexionar sobre la situación de los proyectos de Desarrollo Comunitario en España y sobre la participación de la población escolar, fundamentalmente universitaria, en los mismos. Para ello, nos basaremos en la Educación Popular de Freire y las metodologías de Investigación Acción Participativa y Aprendizaje Servicio como fundamentación teórica a los proyectos analizados y las propuestas realizadas. Haremos especial hincapié en este tipo de proyectos en tiempos de crisis, pues es cuando la población se siente más desamparada y necesita sentirse más integrada en su entorno y arropada por sus semejantes. Todo ello, resaltando la importancia que tiene en la formación del ser humano no sólo el aspecto académico o técnico, sino también la perspectiva emocional y de pertenencia a la sociedad en la que vive.PALABRAS CLAVE: Proyectos de desarrollo comunitario. Educación Popular. Participación ciudadana. Refletindo sobre os projetos de desenvolvimento comunitário em tempos de criseRESUMONo presente estudo pretendemos refletir sobre a situação dos projetos de Desenvolvimento Comunitário na Espanha, e sobre a participação da população escolar, fundamentalmente universitária, nos mesmos. Para isso, nos basearemos na Educação Popular de Freire e nas metodologias de Investigação Ação Participativa e Aprendizagem em Serviço, como fundamentação teórica dos projetos analisados e as propostas realizadas. Faremos especial ênfase nesse tipo de projeto em tempos de crise, pois é quando a população se sente mais desamparada e necessita sentir-se mais integrada em seu entorno, e apoiada por seus semelhantes. Tudo isso, ressaltando a importância que tem na formação do ser humano não só o aspecto acadêmico ou técnico, mas também a perspectiva emocional e de pertencimento à sociedade em que se vive. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Projetos de desenvolvimento comunitário. Educação popular. Participação cidadã. Reflecting on community development projects in times of crisisABSTRACTIn the present study we intend to reflect on the situation of the Community Development projects in Spain, and on the participation of mainly university in the same school population. To do this, We will base on Popular Education Freire and methodologies Participatory Action Research and Learning Service, theoretic basis of the analyzed projects and proposals made. We will make special emphasis on this type of project in times of crisis, it is when the population feels more helpless and need to feel more integrated in its surroundings, and supported by his fellows. All this, emphasizing the importance of the formation of the human being not only the academic or technical aspect, but also the emotional perspective and of belonging to the society in which we live.KEYWORDS: Community development projects. Popular education. Citizen participation.

Radicalising Community Development within Social Work through Popular Education—A Participatory Action Research Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 2207-2225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Westoby ◽  
Athena Lathouras ◽  
Lynda Shevellar
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Action Research Approach

AbstractThis article reports upon the efforts of three social work/social science academics in partnership with social and community practitioners, at radicalising community development (CD) within social work. The project was motivated by painful political events and processes unfolding around the world in 2017 and led to the design of a participatory action research approach with thirty-three practitioners. Engaging in several cycles of research (pre- and post questionnaires, observation, focus groups and interviews) and action learning (a popular education knowledge exchange day, a community of practice day and prototyping new projects) several new initiatives were implemented, including the formation of a new Popular Education Network. Reflections and discussion consider the implications of radicalising CD within social worker practice through combining education, organising and linking to progressive social movements. The article overall makes the case that popular education could be a crucial element in enabling the radicalisation of CD within social work.

Spaces and places for popular education and participatory action research

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-56
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Informal Settings

Governments have supported popular education initiatives in the past. And so have community organisations and social movements. But the spaces for popular education have been shrinking in recent times, as part of the impact of neo-liberal globalisation. Public services have been increasingly subjected to pressures from market forces, pressures that have impacted on community-based education and lifelong learning. Despite these wider pressures, educators have continued to find spaces and places for popular education and participatory action research, however, working across sectors in a variety of contexts. The chapter includes examples of innovatory approaches in both formal settings and informal settings (such as libraries and community centres) including examples from both Northern and Southern American contexts.

scholarly journals Por uma pedagogia decolonial na América Latina: Convergências entre a educação popular e a investigação-ação participativa

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
João Colares da Mota Neto
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Decolonial Pedagogy

The article analyzes possibilities of convergence between popular education and participatory action research, taking as a reference the thought of the Brazilian pedagogue Paulo Freire and the Colombian social scientist Orlando Fals Borda. In particular, it examines these convergences in order to identify elements for the constitution of a decolonial pedagogy in Latin America. It is a research inserted in the field of the comparative history of Latin American social thought, using as primary sources several works of Paulo Freire and Orlando Fals Borda. The article defends the argument that the convergence between popular education and participatory action research is one of the most fruitful, creative and instigating intellectual contributions ever produced in Latin America, capable of pointing to a decolonial pedagogy that confronts intellectual colonialism, Pedagogical traditionalism and the authoritarianism of modern-colonial science. 

Popular education and its roots

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
International Development ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Contemporary Context

Competing definitions of the concept of popular education are summarised, showing how the concept has been developed from different perspectives – and then applied in varying ways, in practice. This sets the context for the discussion of popular education as the basis for developing critical consciousness and social transformation. The chapter goes on to summarise the legacies of previous critical educationalists in USA and elsewhere, including the contributions of British experiences and approaches. These legacies have contributed to the thinking of the legendary Brazilian Paulo Freire and others, in the contemporary context. The final section explores the roots of participatory action research, as these have been developed in India, Latin America and elsewhere, in international development contexts.

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