The “Urdimbre” Foundation of the city of San Juan of Pasto in the light of social pedagogy

Abstract

This article is the result of the doctoral thesis “PRESENCE OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGY IN THE “URDIMBRE” FOUNDATION and CARMEN SOCIAL WORK EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PASTO” whose process of literature review, selection of information and analysis was defended on the basis of a qualitative paradigm grounded in the theory method of Strauss and Corbin, and in the use of the technique of content analysis, with the intention of responding to the specific category: the educational component of the two foundations, which contains a sub category called “profile, characteristics, competencies or other features of the staff that educates the population served.” 

In order to clarify and for the preparation of this text, reference was made to the “URDIMBRE” Foundation for the elements evident at the time of comparison processes, zooms in on profiles, characteristics and competencies of the social educators, purposes and dynamic training that support social pedagogy for teacher education and qualification in social and educational processes.

Following this process, it can be stated that the City of “San Juan de Pasto”, possesses the “URDIMBRE” Foundation, whose characteristics and social and educational characteristics are situated from a practical rather than a theoretical perspective in Social Education, since the process of research and reflection revealed that the aforementioned entity advances teaching qualification processes, and social research related to the principles and purposes of the Social Pedagogy aimed at optimizing the care and education of different social groups in situations of vulnerability, displacement in the street; responding to their needs, times, interests and expectations from actions and methodologies that enable comprehensive training, psychosocial family care, and work in different scenarios for the integration of the actors who are part of the world of children and young people attending the foundation.