A investigação-ação como estratégia privilegiada no contexto da inserção sociolaboral de reclusos: uma leitura a partir da pedagogia social

• Autor(a) principal: Canastra, Fernando
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Gujamo, Luís, Magnino, Ângela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/cpedagogiasocial.2012.1948

The current article describes an action/research project within the context of the (re)insertion of released prison inmates into the workplace in Nampula (Mozambique). Faced with the necessity of training the social actor who executes their professional activities within a prison environment, the trainers themselves decided to conduct research on their own pedagogic actions. Th e project aim is the training of Social Workers who work directly with prison inmates, either in prisons or during the transition phase of being released from incarceration and entering society to the point of entering the employment market. Research which focuses and refl ects on the practices employed in a given community of actors has been shown to be a fruitful area of research as it produces knowledge which has a personal, social and professional utility. In this aspect, we employ an action research approach with the purpose of improving the educational practices developed by various professional and social actors, and which allows them to voice what is experienced within the context of the their interventions. In this respect, we recommend an interpretive reading of this example of action research from the Social Pedagogy perspective. Taking into account that the project is still in the process of implementation, the current study aims to highlight the potential of the adopted methodology as an appropriate intervention strategy in the promotion of community development.