Social Representations of formal education in marginal youth. Initial explorations with Alceste

This paper presents the results from 30 in-depth interviews made to youngsters from deprived areas regarding their social representations (SR) of formal education using Alceste© (Lexical analysis of co-occurrences in simple sentences of a text). Firstly, the basic guidelines and the data collection...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Losano, María Cecilia, García Horta, José Baltazar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62122
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/62122
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alceste
social representations
marginal youth
formal education.
representaciones sociales
jóvenes marginales
educación formal.
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Sumario:This paper presents the results from 30 in-depth interviews made to youngsters from deprived areas regarding their social representations (SR) of formal education using Alceste© (Lexical analysis of co-occurrences in simple sentences of a text). Firstly, the basic guidelines and the data collection methodology of the research are presented. Then, the four lexical classes, which resulted from the investigation, are analyzed. Two lexical sets are generated in the discourse: an ”outside” vision of the school, in relation to other worlds and placed in context with other realities, and an “inside” vision including learning and teaching and its usefulness for the future. Finally, some considerations are presented regarding the use of the results and the opportunity it offers to explore Social Representations (SR). A more prudent use of the results and consideration in taking this procedure as a first step in the intellection of SR is suggested.