Abstract

MENDEZ SASTOQUE, Marlon Javier. INTEGRATION OF SOCIO-HUMANISTIC COMPONENT IN THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: PERCEPTIONS, PURPOSES AND CHALLENGES. Rev. Fac. Nac. Agron. Medellín [online]. 2008, vol.61, n.2, pp.4471-4479. ISSN 0304-2847.

Overall, the low level of integration of the socio-humanistic component in technique-scientific training scenarios is a constant educational concern. In this context, the article claiming discusses the role assigned to this type of training in a particular environment: the programs and schools of higher agricultural education. The document emphasizes three main topics: a) the perceptions of teachers and students regarding the role given to the socio-humanistic component in its daily educational context, b) the purpose that should guide training in social and thematic areas; c) the challenges that it supposes to advance toward the scientific-social balance. That said is sustained in a study conducted among teachers and students of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Caldas, Colombia .

Keywords : Agricultural education; socio-humanistic formation; disciplinary integration; rural development.

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