Teacher education by volunteering in learning communities

Teache Educa ion By Volun ee ing In Lea ning communi ies José-Ignacio Ri as-Flo es 1 , Analía-Elizabe h Lei e-Mendez 1 , Ma ia-Jesus Ma quez-Ga cia 2 , Pablo Co es-Gonzalez 1 1 Uni e sidad de Málaga, Spain; 2 Uni e sidad de Valladolid, Spain P esen ing Au ho : Ri as-Flo es, José-Ignacio; Lei e-Mendez, Analía- Elizabe hThis esea ch is pa o p ojec "Ecologies o lea ning in mul iple con ex s: analysis o expanded educa ion p ojec s and building ci izenship", suppo ed by MIMECO, in Spain. I in ends o analyse an expe ience o p ima y eache educa ion, based on olun ee ing in p oblema ic educa ional con ex s. I ocus on: wha kinds o lea ning p ocesses ha e place, wha imagine on eache is buil and how p o essional issues a e inco po a ed, wha ole heo e ical lea ning play in hei pe o mance... In p e ious esea ches (Ri as, 2014; Ri as y Lei e, 2014; Má quez, P ados y Padua, 2014; Ri as, Lei e y Co és, 2015), based on school accoun s o ou s uden s, we could obse e ha school expe ience is cha ac e ised as ep oduc i e cu iculum and lea ning suppo ed in memo y, among o he s. Also, he schools a e na a ed as s uc u ed con ex s om a indi idualis ic logic, neu ali y and decon ex ualized om social, cul u al and poli ic eali y. Pupil pe o mances e ol e a ound ma ks, and de elop con ol and me i oc acy alues. These s o ies ask o o he ways o lea ning, o he ela ionship wi h knowledge, and o he way o pa icipa e in social wo ld. The necessa y alues in his new con ex a e dialog, collabo a ion, social commi men and indi idual and social ans o ma ion. F om hese p emises we de eloped he expe ience, objec o his esea ch. I 's based on College and schools (public schools) collabo a ion, by olun a y pa icipa ion o s uden s in educa i e ac i i ies. This ac i i y p e ends o help schools wi h special social needs. A he same ime, i p o okes educa ion o lea ning eache s, ake accoun o he comp ehension o educa i e p ocesses. I 's app op ia e in his sense he p ac ice communi ies de eloped by Wenge (2011) The p ojec is de eloped in wo schools. These a e engaged in "lea ning Communi ies" p ojec , suppo ed by Andalucía Go e nmen , in Spain. This p ojec p oposes communi y pa icipa ion as main axe o school managemen and pupil lea ning. I 's based on dialogic lea ning ( om F ei e), as basis o ela ionships and eache pe o mance. So, i b ake wi h lea ning based on indi iduali y, compe i i eness, and one – way o ien a ion ( eache o pupil). A he same ime, i emo es he media ion as axe o academic ac i i y. By opposi e, i implemen s an lea ning concep based on in e ac ion, ho izon ali y, solida i y, egali a ian dialogue, espec o di e ences and collec i e sense. (Elboj e al , 2002). This esea ch ies o analyse and eco e : he knowledge implied in his p ocess, bo h o he pa icipa ing s uden s and o he educa ional communi ies; he new alues playing; how o ganiza ional cul u e is modi ied o become mo e pa icipa i e, e c. De ini ely, wha eache educa ion is aking place in his new collabo a i e college-school scene y? Ou main objec i es a e:- To analyse he olun ee ing expe ience as an wo h s a egy o eache educa ion- To analyse i ele an lea ning is possible in di e en educa ional con ex s in o de o imp o e he eache educa ion- To know he lea ning p ocesses ha a e de eloped in his con ex , whe e s uden s play a di e en ole as co-pa o hei educa ion. - To unde s and he ole ha educa ional communi y play in educa ion o eache s uden s.- To p o ide e idences o changing he ac ual model o eache educa ion in Spanish college. Me hodology, Me hods, Resea ch Ins umen s o Sou ces Used This esea ch is amed in na a i e pa adigm, being i s speci ic objec he accoun s o pa icipan s (Denzin y Lincoln, 2015). S o ies o s uden s, eache s, amilies and o he g oups pa icipa ing in schools a e eco e ed. We analyse h ee academic e ms (2014-2015, 2015- 2016 y en el ac ual 2016-2017). The asks de eloped in he wo schools a e simila :- S ay in he school one / wo imes pe week, pa icipa ing in di e en ac i i ies - Dia ies and/o ield eco ds- Biweekly Mee ing in college in o de o analyse his in o ma ion. These mee ings a e wi h college eache ha coo dina e his esea ch. S uden s sha ed li ed expe iences and a c i ical e lec ion akes place o ien ed o hei eache educa ion. A summa y o mee ings, including in o ma ion, c i ical issues and deba es a e sen o schools. Fo esea ch, he con en o hese mee ings a e eco ded as pa o esea ch, as well as he es o asks. This includes i ual o ums wi h hei college classma es, sha ing hei expe ience in a wide audience.Rela ing o speci ic in o ma ion collec s a egies, we use he ollowing:- In e iews o olun ee s: h ee in e iews we e held: a olun ee o an o ganiza ion wo king in school, and wo o s uden olun ee s, who we e ac ing as links be ween s uden s, school and acul ies. The in e iews we e open and hei aim was o know, i s -hand, he li ed expe ience by olun ee s. - Focal g oups wi h di e en kinds o olun ee s (s uden s, mo he s,...). Th ee mee ings we e held: wi h olun ee s om di e en schools (including s uden s no engaged in he p ojec , bu wo king in hese schools); wi h olun ee s o each school; wi h olun ee mo he s. The main objec i e was o c ea e a space o in e ac ion and o deba e on hese di e en expe iences.- Con en analysis o college mee ings. - Con en analysis o ield dia ies o each s uden - E alua i e accoun s o olun ee s uden s.- Con en analysis o biweekly mee ingsAlso we ake in o accoun he men ioned scene ies o dialog, e lec ion and in e change, so as he eco ds o in o mal encoun e s be ween di e en pa icipan s in school and college. Conclusions, Expec ed Ou comes o Findings The analysis o his in o ma ion allow us o buil any ca ego ies ha y o illumina e wha lea ning occu s in his p ocess and i a new eache educa ion is possible. No doub , he chance o olun ee ing in o de o educa e eache s is no el. So we hink his esea ch open a li le explo ed ield. One o he main ocus o in e es is pu oge he eache s, acul ies, school communi y and o he s g oups pa icipa ing in schools as olun ee s and collabo a o s. This ame o igina es a collec i e p ocess o collabo a ion wo h o educa ion o u u e eache s. Teache s uden s ha e he chance o ge close o complexi y o educa ional sys em, and he schools. A he same ime, i allows hem o obse e o he s a egies, a om mo e known in academic s a us. Same o esul s ha we can ad ance om p elimina y analysis a e dis ibu ed in hese axes:- Lea ning in con ex o si ua ed lea ning. Possibili y o pa icipa e di ec ly in he school li e, expands he glances on eali y and p o okes an inqui ing a i ude, because o di e si y o si ua ions p oblems, con lic s and con adic ions o ace. This con on s, also, wi h p e ious educa ion and p o essional iden i y.- Con lic and di e si y. The eali y o schools and class oom e e yday li e, he ela ionships wi h child en, c ea es a new glance on con lic s, he way o sol e hem, and ecogni ion o hei educa ional alue.- Times, spaces and discipline a e c osscu ing issues in he day o day o he school. By li ed expe ience a e ques ioned again and again. 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