Community participation of elders: methodological experiences in Occidente
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2018 |
| Descripción: | Nowadays, elderly requires social spaces that allows them to reflect together on the opportunities and challenges of this period of life. This article presents the results of the methodological approach of the project ED 2309, that is part of Social Action Department in University of Costa Rica, Sede de Occidente. The project intended to provide a place for various groups of elders to reunite and build some responses to their daily personal and community challenges. This space has also generated personal,group and community tools to older adults in different communities of San Ramón. In addition, to the guidance provided to them in the analysis of specific themes related to this stage of life cycle, the project aimed to create networks of older adults, for them to share their life experiences. The methodological approach in the project allowed these people to build knowledge that aids them to improve their life quality.This project is one of the few that to visit diverse communities and work with the elderly in their own places rather than to stay in university classrooms. These respond to a commitment to these population, taking the University to them and not vice versa.In general, the purpose of this paper is to describe the themes, methodologies and achievements that this project has had over five years, in the communities of La Unión, the INVU, Barrio San José and San Juan, all of them communities located in different parts of San Ramón city. For that matter, the results are framed by theorical principles of Community Psychology, Educational Psychology, Popular Education and Human Development. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33805 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/33805 |
| Palabra clave: | Adultez mayor Salud integral Psicología Comunitaria Metodologías participativas Calidad de vida |