EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: CHARACTERISTICS, FUNCTIONS, MEMBERS - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2024

An educational community is a group of people whose common interest is pedagogical training. They are responsible for promoting activities to promote the learning process in an optimal way.

According to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, when an individual's qualified relationship with other people is promoted in education, he can become a good man. Based on this premise, the main objective of educational communities is to promote the well-being of students.

The incorporation of all members of society to the educational community is vital for its proper functioning. By pixabay.com

The demands of society are increasing, hence a comprehensive education is not enough for the development of the new man and educational communities are key to the dissemination of knowledge.

For the optimal functioning of these communities, the social changes that occur in the human being are analyzed in depth in order, in this way, to debate the teaching proposals that adapt to the needs of the new times.

characteristics

In Latin American and European countries, educational communities have a legal framework. Their foundations allow them to have similar characteristics anywhere in the world, the most significant of which are:

1- All members have a shared vision and values ​​framed in improving the education system, both for students and teachers.

2- There is responsibility for collaboration in the group focused on learning, because everyone is responsible for reaching the proposed goals.

3- Educational communities recognize diversity, because it is the particularity of the participants that encourages learning.

4- They have a social conscience. All knowledge disclosed is for the benefit of society.

5- Is open to receive ideas, development plans or new strategies. It is a democratic group where the responsible participation of citizens makes it possible to strengthen the educational system.

6- They allow the organization of activities where the rest of society also participates to raise cultural, sports and artistic levels.

7.- It promotes social and communal coexistence.

Features

All students are capable of learning, so it is part of educators to detect the method that each student needs to enhance their abilities.

In educational communities, strategies are planned for the inclusion of all, plans are drawn up so that the greatest number of people are willing to collaborate and participate in the educational process. In summary, these are the functions of teaching-learning organizations:

1- Promote and participate in activities to guarantee academic excellence.

2- Maintain constant communication among its members to set goals and work together to achieve the objectives.

3- Promote communication between all members of the community.

4- Achieve effective management of teaching-learning institutions, as well as an optimal environment to guarantee a quality education system.

5- Discuss, evaluate and execute educational projects.

6- Facilitate support programs for students and society.

7- Influencing the government systems to constantly improve the educational method has a high degree of responsibility on parents, representatives, teachers and the rest of the personnel of the institutions.

8- Develop cultural policies and practices of inclusion that can be sustained over time.

9- Democratize the concomimento and use it in order to improve society.

All over the world there are successful cases of educational communities that, with their very specific functions and the fulfillment of them, achieve positive changes in the learning process.

Members of the educational community

teachers, teachers, parents, students all have an important role within the educational community. By Pixabay.com

Teachers, parents and representatives, administrative personnel and directors of institutions dedicated to teaching make up these societies. All with specific roles and with the same goal oriented to improve:

Students

Students are the center of the educational community, because everything is built on the basis of improving their development, growth and learning process.

Teachers

The responsibility of teaching rests with them; it is the teachers who will put the training strategies into practice. In addition, they serve as mediators for the coexistence of the community and influence the psychosocial well-being of the students.

Parents and guardians

They are primarily responsible for the training of students because they establish ties of collaboration with teachers and the institution.

Administrative staff and directors

They share responsibilities. They are part of the community because they also contribute ideas and ensure compliance with the agreements fostered in the principles of value and respect.

Former students, service personnel, those who contribute financially, neighbors and all the people involved in the educational field are also part of these learning societies.

The success of educational communities

According to the psychology theorist Lev Vygotski (1896-1934), children develop learning better through social interaction because they acquire cognitive skills in addition to internalizing the structure of thought.

Based on this, educational communities achieve success when they put into practice clear foundations that can be defined in:

Setting clear goals

Teachers and authorities contribute to this in defining objectives and having a vision of the actions to be taken to achieve these goals.

Process of adaptation to change

The teaching-learning process is linked to a comprehensive education, but this system promotes the participation of the entire society in a single group. This represents a change and it is necessary that all those involved participate actively in the adaptation process.

Educational communities are receptive to innovations, to the adaptation of learning models to the demands of today's society.

Generate strategic alliances

The student must get involved in society, in the community or in business. One of the goals of educational groups is to prepare young people for real life, which is facilitated by reaching alliances with private institutions and companies.

Nothing is unrelated to academic training and, the more active actors there are, the more feasible it will be to achieve the goals.

Work in community

Once again, the importance of integrating everyone as a team, being clear about the roles and tasks of each one. All this to work in order to achieve the goals.

References

1. Carmen Elboj Saso, Ignasi Puigdellívol Aiguadé (2002) Learning Communities: Transforming education.
2. Julián López Yáñez, Marita Sánchez Moreno, Paulino Murillo Estepa (2004) Change with society, change society.
3. Wise, Donald and Zwiers, Jeff (2010) Guide for the pedagogical companion.
4. George S. (2005) Morrison Early Childhood Education.
5. Delfín Montero Centeno, Pedro Fernandez de Larrinoa (2012) Quality of life, social inclusion and intervention processes.