Rescuing the emancipatory sense of Social Education in response to the pandemic crisis: A look from training and undergraduate internships

Abstract

This article reflects about the repercussion of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis in the training processes of Social Education graduation at ESE/IPP, namely at the internship developed in this last year of the studies cycle.  The suspension of face-to-face internships, through the 2020’s March general lockdown, didn’t mean the students’ suspension of training experience but a training reorientation which brought deepen Social Educational know-how principles.  Through training reorientation which amplified reality insights and the plural and distorted recreation of modes of action and linking to contexts, the re-elaboration of the meaning attributed by the students to their formation and the social mission of the Social Educator turned visible. The Participatory Action-Research methodology has proved to be fundamental for the affirmation of those students with dispositions less focused on their needs and more focused on vulnerable groups and commitment to change.