Retos educativos y psicosociales de las prácticas profesionales en el área de trabajo social

Abstract

This article establishes a reflection on the educational and psychosocial challenges facing the students and teachers who guide the professional practices in the area of social work. For this purpose, an evalua-tive documentary research derived from the socio-critical analysis was carried out, based on a sample of activities, reports and practice reports in the Basic and Media Education Institutions where the students assigned to the Social Work Program of the Universidad de La Guajira during the years (2015-2016). Among the main findings, it has been identified that professional practice scenarios represent a broad field of different educational problems and psychosocial intervention applied in the contexts related to school, family and community level. Among the main problems have been identified the problems of school conflict and violence, communication and development of socio-educational skills, as well as the incidence of problems of family integration, violence and intrafamily abuse, together with the needs of integration and community social development.