Areas of social educator professional development: perspectives and complexity

Abstract

The figure and profession Educator/a Social are quite complex concepts and in some cases quite unknown. It is a profession that has been built up over time in order to meet the social and educational needs of individuals and social groups. This process has steadily become clear the importance of their work that transcends and even complements the areas of formal education or school. At the same time, about the development and educational intervention to individuals and groups in order to promote social change educational. It is in this context and premises where the figure of the Educator / Social at from the aspect of their professional role, areas of intervention and pretend contexts an approach to this complex figure. It is evident that in recent decades we have witnessed the evolution of a profession, Social Education. The development of it has been determined primarily by two factors: first, the crisis of education systems, unable to respond to new challenges and needs and expectations, and second, the idea of state. We must not forget that the socioeconomic and cultural changes have led to new ideas and perspectives that are embodied in the professional field of Social Educator. It is a permanent construction given profession's need to respond to changes in society itself, to contexts, groups and individuals. Not to mention the role that the university should have in this process, companies, institutions and subject himself to self-employment.