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BORJAS, Mónica; JARAMILLO, Leonor  e  OSORIO, Margarita. Transformations regarding the discourse, educational practices, attitudes and social relationships of conmunity mothers from de icbf(colombian institute of family WELFARE). "Pueblo Viejo" (Magdalena) and "Pedagogical Niches" program. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2009, n.23, pp. 113-131. ISSN 0123-417X.

This article shows the results of a research dealing with transformations of community mothers regarding their discourse, education practices and social relationships, in the training program "Pedagogical Niches", coordinated by the Institute of Studies in Education (iese) of Universidad del Norte and sponsored by Promigas Foundation. Firstly, the article shows the contextual referents related to mission aspects of Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (Colombian Institute of Family Welfare) and that of Pueblo Viejo (Magdalena, Colombia), the village from which participants community mothers are. Secondly, it exposes the theoretical referents of the categories of analysis: discourse, practices and interactions. Finally, it discusses a conceptualization of "Pedagogical Niche", name of the Training Program offered to community mothers.

Palavras-chave : Community mothers; pedagogical niches; pedagogical practices; discourse.