Sociocultural Animation as Integrating Strategy Between Educational Institution-Teacher and Community

Abstract

This research was aimed at proposing the sociocultural animation as integrating strategy between the educational institution, school, teachers and community, at the Integral Bolivarian School “El Muro” from Valmore Rodríguez municipality in Zulia state. This investigation is theoretically based on the authors: Carides (2010), Trillas (2012), Henriquez and Paredes (2015). The study was developed through the participatory action research methodology, defined as the main argument for the transformation of the problem, the Elliot G. model (2012) was considered, constituted by action-reflection; and organized by planning-observation for a continuous interaction which establishes a dynamic leading to solve the problems that occur in the daily life of the institution. In order to gather information, the participatory observation technique was applied, using focus group and the problems tree, which allowed identifying the most affected parts of the population, which are interested in participating in the activities. Among the instruments used we find the observation guide, field notes, showing the lack of implementation of values, little sense of belonging, distancing from the community, attributing this to both internal and external factors, for this, the intervention was needed, reaching conclusions, recommendations, and offering proposals for the importance of empowering sociocultural animation as commitments to promote quality education through strategies of transformation of spaces that become real integrating scenarios.