Andrés Escarbajal de Haro

Estudio sobre una experiencia educativa con mujeres mayores en centros sociales. Implicaciones para el aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida

For years, there has been empirical evidence of program benefits of educational programs for older people; however, today there are few studies differentials on the dynamics of this phenomenon from the perspective of gender, despite evidence that women participate in greater numbers than men in those programs. This paper explores the characteristics of the educational experience with older women in the field of non-formal education, with the aim of knowing the implications of this for learning throughout life, as well as to improve quality of life of participants. For this purpose it has the opinion of the protagonists, through the project “Living Your Age Woman” developed at social centers in the Region of Murcia, implemented with the view of the professionals who work with this collective. Has been used a qualitative methodology, analyzing reality through semi-structured interviews and in depth. Among the results highlight that older women are demanding socio-educational spaces to move towards a proactive education, different to the inequity situation of the traditional education system. It is also important to note that, during their participation significantly emerge dialogic, expressive, relational and emotional aspects; thus, older women acquire support strategies for relational, family and personal environment. Meanwhile, professionals state that the implemented educational and cultural programs for older women, must start from the needs of the elderly themselves, conducted with activities that have meaning and sense to them. Therefore, it advocates a respectful educational model, according to the particular idiosyncrasies of older women.

El profesional de la Educación Social y la competencia mediadora en el ámbito de las personas mayores

El trabajo que se presenta es un estudio realizado sobre la competencia de mediacion del educador social en el ambito de las personas mayores, basandose para ello en las voces de los sujetos protagonistas del ambito: educadores sociales, tecnicos que trabajan en los centros de atencion a personas mayores, el propio colectivo de mayores de 65 anos y los Colegios Profesionales de Educadores sociales. El metodo investigador seleccionado ha sido de caracter descriptivo, utilizando como instrumentos la entrevista semiestructurada, el grupo discusion y el cuestionario. Los principales resultados destacan la importancia de esta funcion competencial para el desempeno profesional del educador social en el ambito de las personas mayores.

Deudores de Cádiz: La Constitución de 1812 y la educación

In this article, it is analyzed from the political history of education, the importance and influence that the Constitution of 1812 has had in education. This is one of the most important and transcendent legal documents in the history of Spain, at political, legislative, and social levels. Indeed, the Constitution of 1812 will go down in history as the first that devoted an entire section of its articles to education, with essential elements of renovation that will influence greatly the educational future of our country. These new elements are focused on the defense of universality of primary education for the entire population, without exceptions, and on uniformity of the curricula throughout the State. It must be remembered that in the XIX century, Spanish liberalism had a major obstacle for establishing a political system based on the sovereignty of the nation, equal rights, freedom, and the inclusion of citizens in political life: ignorant people, endemic illiteracy of Spain at that historical period. Therefore, and as it did before the Enlightenment, liberals sought to respond to this situation by promoting education and scientific knowledge as a basis for a new, modern nation. Thus, from primary sources and supported by educational legislation, it is concluded that the Spanish Liberals made a clear statement of intent by placing education not only as an important factor of progress but also as a basis for the new political regime that was being designed.

Retirement, education and quality of life

This article attempts to analyze the retirement contrasting the traditional negative outlook with much more positive views, which emphasize the possibilities of educational work to achieve a quality retirement that could be extrapolated beyond the personal level, projecting towards the community level. In this sense, this work bets on participative methodologies that to use communication processes like its more important strategy of group.