Mayra Ordaz Hernández

La educación de habilidades sociales desde la Extensión Universitaria: propuesta de acciones

The process of university extension is the road for Superior Education to execute its social function, promoting the elevation of the cultural level from men’s participation as an active agent of its own development. The goal of this research was to design actions to promote teamwork in the University Extension Program of the Sociocultural Studies Department. A theoretical study of the object was made, having in mind the treatment given to the subject in Cuba and abroad. Several documents were analyzed, some interviews were applied to directors and professors, and a student discussion group was created, from which it was concluded that there was no presence of this HERNANDEZ, M. O. La educacion de habilidades sociales desde la Extension... Educar em Revista, Curitiba, Brasil, n. 50, p. 269-283, out./dez. 2013. Editora UFPR 271 subject in the fundamental programs and projects of the extended learning processes. Those implied in the elaboration of the documents stated that the proper teaching of social skills is needed in the university but, at the same time, they didn’t know the techniques and instruments for this training. On the other hand, the students have declared they wanted to learn these skills, they considered to need them, but their professors didn’t teach these skills in a systematic and organized way. Therefore, several extended actions were planned within the framework of the Program of the Sociocultural Studies Department, aiming at teaching the social skills for the development of the social responsibility of the students.

A educação de habilidades sociais a partir da Extensão Universitária: proposta de ações

The process of university extension is the road for Superior Education to execute its social function, promoting the elevation of the cultural level from men’s participation as an active agent of its own development. The goal of this research was to design actions to promote teamwork in the University Extension Program of the Sociocultural Studies Department. A theoretical study of the object was made, having in mind the treatment given to the subject in Cuba and abroad. Several documents were analyzed, some interviews were applied to directors and professors, and a student discussion group was created, from which it was concluded that there was no presence of this HERNANDEZ, M. O. La educacion de habilidades sociales desde la Extension... Educar em Revista, Curitiba, Brasil, n. 50, p. 269-283, out./dez. 2013. Editora UFPR 271 subject in the fundamental programs and projects of the extended learning processes. Those implied in the elaboration of the documents stated that the proper teaching of social skills is needed in the university but, at the same time, they didn’t know the techniques and instruments for this training. On the other hand, the students have declared they wanted to learn these skills, they considered to need them, but their professors didn’t teach these skills in a systematic and organized way. Therefore, several extended actions were planned within the framework of the Program of the Sociocultural Studies Department, aiming at teaching the social skills for the development of the social responsibility of the students.

The education of social skills from academic Extension: proposed actions

The process of university extension is the road for Superior Education to execute its social function, promoting the elevation of the cultural level from men’s participation as an active agent of its own development. The goal of this research was to design actions to promote teamwork in the University Extension Program of the Sociocultural Studies Department. A theoretical study of the object was made, having in mind the treatment given to the subject in Cuba and abroad. Several documents were analyzed, some interviews were applied to directors and professors, and a student discussion group was created, from which it was concluded that there was no presence of this HERNANDEZ, M. O. La educacion de habilidades sociales desde la Extension... Educar em Revista, Curitiba, Brasil, n. 50, p. 269-283, out./dez. 2013. Editora UFPR 271 subject in the fundamental programs and projects of the extended learning processes. Those implied in the elaboration of the documents stated that the proper teaching of social skills is needed in the university but, at the same time, they didn’t know the techniques and instruments for this training. On the other hand, the students have declared they wanted to learn these skills, they considered to need them, but their professors didn’t teach these skills in a systematic and organized way. Therefore, several extended actions were planned within the framework of the Program of the Sociocultural Studies Department, aiming at teaching the social skills for the development of the social responsibility of the students.