Education Policy Analysis Archives (Apr 2013)

Social pedagogy in modern times

  • Niels Rosendal Jensen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v21n43.2013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 0

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The article identifies several key concepts used to describe and categorize social pedagogy. The first section of the paper establishes a framework for considering the diversity that characterizes the field, including reflection on social pedagogy’s theoretical, political and social dimensions. This is followed by a discussion based on a holistic understanding of the interaction between individuals and society, which leads to recognition of the profession’s tendency to present itself with a “Janus face.” The paper concludes by pointing out prospects for further development of social pedagogy in the dialectic between theory/research and pedagogical practice.

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