Notes on the fight against exclusion from the socio-educational community

Authors

  • Isabel Fernández Menor Universidad de Vigo
  • Ángeles Parrilla Latas Universidad de Vigo

Keywords:

inclusion; sense of belonging; secondary education; participation; discusión groups; participative methodology.

Abstract

One of the major social challenges of our time is the fight against the processes of social and educational exclusion. In this struggle, movements that believe that moving in an inclusive direction means recognising the capacity of the groups and agents involved to analyse, regulate and develop ways of improving and modifying their own situation are gaining strength. From this perspective, a participatory study is presented which assumes the importance of the sense of belonging to the school community in preventing exclusion, failure and school dropout. The paper presents the results derived from the analysis of three discussion groups developed within a Community Inquiry Team composed of different representatives of an educational community: students, teachers, managers and families, from a secondary school in Pontevedra (Spain). The aim of these groups was to create and develop proposals for improvement in order to foster students' sense of belonging to the school. The results of the empirical analysis identify four categories that can be considered as key points to increase the sense of belonging in and from the educational community. The article concludes by analysing the impact that the participation of different socio-community agents has on the creation of a more inclusive educational community.

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Author Biographies

Isabel Fernández Menor, Universidad de Vigo

Isabel Fernández Menor es contratada posdoctoral en el Departamento de Didáctica, Organización Escolar y Métodos de Investigación de la Universidad de Vigo (UVigo) y miembro del grupo de investigación CIES-Uvigo (Colaboración para la Inclusión Educativa y Social). Líneas de investigación: procesos de inclusión socio-educativa, procesos de exclusión escolar, investigación participativa, sentido de pertenencia escolar y engagement, sobre todo, en la etapa de educación secundaria. Dirección: Facultad de CC Educación y del Deporte. Campus A Xunqueira, s/n, 36005 Pontevedra (España).

Ángeles Parrilla Latas, Universidad de Vigo

Ángeles Parrilla Latas es Catedrática de Didáctica y Organización Escolar en la Universidad de Vigo (UVigo), directora del grupo de investigación CIES-UVigo (Colaboración para la Inclusión Educativa y Social), y directora del Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario en Equidad e innovación en educación. Líneas de investigación:  Procesos de inclusión socio-educativa; Procesos de exclusión escolar; e Investigación participativa, inclusiva y comunitaria. En la actualidad es directora del Proyecto de investigación del Plan Nacional de I+D+i:”¿Qué estamos olvidando en la educación inclusiva?: Una investigación participativa en Galicia” (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) (PID2019-108775RB-C41)   Dirección: Facultad de CC Educación y del Deporte. Campus A Xunqueira, s/n, 36005 Pontevedra (España)

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Published

2021-04-29

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Fernández Menor, I., & Parrilla Latas, Ángeles. (2021). Notes on the fight against exclusion from the socio-educational community. Prisma Social Journal, (33), 183–201. Retrieved from https://revistaprismasocial.es/ps/article/view/4261

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No. 33 (2021): Inclusión, Justicia Social y Desarrollo Comunitario: Desafíos y dilemas para la intervención socioeducativa avanzada en la era postcoronavirus

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