Ámbito de la Pedagogía Social en América Latina

Abstract

The socio-pedagogical field is the disciplinary space par excellence, from which the praxis of Social Education is proposed which favors actions cultivated with the subjects in conditions of marginality and includes their social dimension. It is this dimension that gives them identity as  individuals, it is the sociological perspective of the interrelation that is realized with individuals that is defined by the concept of social action, understood as “intentionally oriented behavior, of the diverse social agents that constitute a System of interrelations “(Pérez, G. 2003 p.143). The beneficiaries of socio-educational action are subjects, specific groups and sectors of population of different characteristics, whether by age, gender, employment status, educational or cultural level; By their difficulties of socialization (physical, psychic, social, cultural), by their origin and location in the territory; In synthesis and according to the problematic of the people, it is possible to mention the population at social risk (delinquency, marginalization, displacement, exclusion, dependence); And finally population in general (adult care, senior citizens, local development, socio-cultural animation.

 The present text tries to describe the diverse spaces of application of Social Pedagogy in Latin America, a concept that has been very close to the so-called popular education, adult education or education for vulnerable populations, marginality and poverty. It intends to establish proposals for the social and educational transformation of the Latin American region, through a model of egalitarian society based on the formation of a new citizen.