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

 

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Bibliografiset tiedot
Tekijä: Fernández Laso, Ana Isabel
Aineistotyyppi: artículo original
Tila:Versión publicada
Julkaisupäivä:2020
Kuvaus: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.
Maa:Portal de Revistas UNA
Organisaatio:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Kieli:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/13709
Linkit:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/13709
Sanahaku:Social education
functionalism
social institutions
manifest functions
social intervention
observation
Educación social
funcionalismo
instituciones sociales
funciones manifiestas
funciones latentes
intervención social
observación