Social Education in Europe and Costa Rica. Merton´s latent functions in public social intervention services

 

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Author: Fernández Laso, Ana Isabel
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2020
Description:The functionalist or utilitarian paradigm, despite the critics received, is still in force in the current situation of social sciences. Robert K. Merton, among his contributions to functionalism, conceptualizes as manifest functions the observed and objective consequences which are searched for and recognized. He names latent functions those which are not. This distinction can provide with a methodological way for the functional analysis of our social institutions and lead us towards the observation and later study of their latent functions. Social Education is a profession and intervention methodology in social context. Starting from its manifest functions, a proposal is made to analyze the possible latent functions of the public institutions where it is carried out.
Country:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/13709
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/13709
Keyword:social educator
funcionalism
social institutions
manifest functions
latent functions
social intervention
observation
educador social
funcionalismo
instituciones sociales
funciones manifiestas
funciones latentes
intervención social
observación