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. O he hinking ways hese o ganiza ional issues a e
ecognised and pu o he se ice o lea ning, no he opposi e as usual. The alue o
su p ise and imp o isa ion a e highligh ed as possible ways.- Au onomy and
esponsibili y. Bo h o hem a e alues including in all s uden accoun s,
con e sa ions, conside ed as necessa ies o lea ning.
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