Higher education and social engagement in Latin America

Abstract: Introduction This chapter explores the contribution of Service‐Learning (SL) to the democratic and social commitment mission of Higher Education (HE). It is based on the experience of the Latin American Center for Service‐Learning (CLAYSS‐Argentina), which has been promoting this peda...

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Autores principales: Peregalli, Andrés, Ochoa, Enrique
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Publicado: 2023
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EDUCACION
PEDAGOGIA
CULTURA
DEMOCRACIA
COMPROMISO SOCIAL
CIUDADANIA
INSTITUCIONALIDAD
REPRESENTACION POLITICA
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/16296
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spelling I33-R139-123456789-162962023-05-03T05:01:23Z Higher education and social engagement in Latin America Peregalli, Andrés Ochoa, Enrique EDUCACION PEDAGOGIA CULTURA DEMOCRACIA COMPROMISO SOCIAL CIUDADANIA INSTITUCIONALIDAD REPRESENTACION POLITICA Abstract: Introduction This chapter explores the contribution of Service‐Learning (SL) to the democratic and social commitment mission of Higher Education (HE). It is based on the experience of the Latin American Center for Service‐Learning (CLAYSS‐Argentina), which has been promoting this pedagogy for more than two decades. Its purpose being to strengthen the development of democratic culture and active citizenship. The following topics are discussed in the context of higher education and social engagement: (a) building a democratic culture; b) a model to (re)build; (c) Service‐Learning (SL) for active citizenship; d) strengthening citizenship and democratic culture. a) Higher education and social engagement: building a democratic culture Democracy ‐ understood as a system of government and a way of being in the polis ‐ is increasingly taken as the thermometer to measure and evaluate the development of societies. In this context, the term ‘democratic culture’ designates the set of attitudes and behaviors expected of citizens so that institutions and laws work in reality. It is a relevant conceptual evolution of the old perceptions of democracy that focused on institutions, laws and formal procedures, highlighting the citizensʹ active role in its construction (Bergan, Gallagher & Harkavy, 2015). Most Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) work within democratic regimes that have a serious deficit in representativeness, with individuals and social groups having no belief in their potential contributions to solve or mitigate social problems (BID, 2021). In broad terms, democracies have developed through two models (Quiroga, 2000): procedural democracy, exemplified in ‘the exercise of the vote’; and substantive democracy, exemplified in the active participation of citizens in social, political, and economic processes (active citizenship). 2023-05-02T20:37:30Z 2023-05-02T20:37:30Z 2023 Parte de libro Peregalli, A., Ochoa, E. Higher education and social engagement in Latin America [en línea]. En: Munck, R. (coord). Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean : civic engagement and the democratic mission. Dublin : Machdohni, 2023. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/16296 978‐1‐908689‐45‐0 https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/16296 eng Acceso abierto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf América Latina Munck, R. (coord). Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean : civic engagement and the democratic mission. Dublin : Machdohni, 2023
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topic EDUCACION
PEDAGOGIA
CULTURA
DEMOCRACIA
COMPROMISO SOCIAL
CIUDADANIA
INSTITUCIONALIDAD
REPRESENTACION POLITICA
spellingShingle EDUCACION
PEDAGOGIA
CULTURA
DEMOCRACIA
COMPROMISO SOCIAL
CIUDADANIA
INSTITUCIONALIDAD
REPRESENTACION POLITICA
Peregalli, Andrés
Ochoa, Enrique
Higher education and social engagement in Latin America
topic_facet EDUCACION
PEDAGOGIA
CULTURA
DEMOCRACIA
COMPROMISO SOCIAL
CIUDADANIA
INSTITUCIONALIDAD
REPRESENTACION POLITICA
description Abstract: Introduction This chapter explores the contribution of Service‐Learning (SL) to the democratic and social commitment mission of Higher Education (HE). It is based on the experience of the Latin American Center for Service‐Learning (CLAYSS‐Argentina), which has been promoting this pedagogy for more than two decades. Its purpose being to strengthen the development of democratic culture and active citizenship. The following topics are discussed in the context of higher education and social engagement: (a) building a democratic culture; b) a model to (re)build; (c) Service‐Learning (SL) for active citizenship; d) strengthening citizenship and democratic culture. a) Higher education and social engagement: building a democratic culture Democracy ‐ understood as a system of government and a way of being in the polis ‐ is increasingly taken as the thermometer to measure and evaluate the development of societies. In this context, the term ‘democratic culture’ designates the set of attitudes and behaviors expected of citizens so that institutions and laws work in reality. It is a relevant conceptual evolution of the old perceptions of democracy that focused on institutions, laws and formal procedures, highlighting the citizensʹ active role in its construction (Bergan, Gallagher & Harkavy, 2015). Most Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) work within democratic regimes that have a serious deficit in representativeness, with individuals and social groups having no belief in their potential contributions to solve or mitigate social problems (BID, 2021). In broad terms, democracies have developed through two models (Quiroga, 2000): procedural democracy, exemplified in ‘the exercise of the vote’; and substantive democracy, exemplified in the active participation of citizens in social, political, and economic processes (active citizenship).
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