Creation of a socio-educational network in areas of social exclusion: an experience in the District of Tetuán (Madrid)

Abstract

In this article, the creation of a social and educational network is analyzed, under circumstances of social vulnerability in Tetuán District (Madrid). This project springs from the Community Developing Plan which was considered as an opportunity for the improvement of the population living standard. From a pedagogic point of view, the main goal of this research is to describe the creation process of the network inside a social excluding environment and can be useful for those communities wishing to become a socio-educational network. A quality and ethnographic methodology has been followed, making use of the following data recollecting techniques: participating observation, discussion group, in-depth interview, information sources review and documentaries concerning the topic under study. The submitted data have been analyzed in two different ways: a descriptive analysis and a content analysis were carried out. The considered sample consists of 52 persons proceeding from seven different nationalities and who are in charge of different positions in the network configuration. As far as the main results of the research are concerned, the context is taken into account from a community assessment at first; seven dimensions (guidelines) are presented as necessary for the setting up of the social and educational structure of the network. In a second time, the social actors, the steps and the key-elements of the network creation are detailed.