The first meeting of the Advisory Council on Educational Social Practices was held, in which representatives from all the UNR study houses participated.
The Advisory Council is made up of academic and extension representatives from the faculties and middle schools of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, and has the objective of coordinating the implementation of Social Educational Practices (PSE) in the different careers of the UNR. This first meeting was chaired by Carina Gerlero, Coordinator of the UNR Cabinet, and Emiliano Pavicich, deputy coordinator of the University Cabinet and coordinator of the first experiences of the Practices of the University Technician in Artificial Intelligence.
Educational Social Practices are proposed as instances where students learn content from their respective professional and scientific fields through interventions in specific social situations, articulating the development of attitudes of sensitivity and social commitment. The start of the PSE was with students of the University Technician in Artificial Intelligence, carrying out tasks of digital inclusion and use of software with people living on the street, adults and older adults and students of the People's University.
About the PSEs
The incorporation of mandatory Educational Social Practices into the study plans of UNR courses was unanimously approved by the Superior Council in 2021. The initiative was referenced in the Higher Education Law No. 24.521 and the resolution No. 233/18 of the Ministry of Education of the Nation, which formally invites public university institutions to incorporate into their study plans educational social practices necessary to obtain a university degree. These training instances are proposed as part of the students' curricular journey, putting teaching, research and extension in dialogue with the territory, and encouraging greater commitment to the environment.
The proposals that incorporate the PSEs are organized around problems linked to the professional practices of future graduates and in dialogue with civil society organizations and their needs, constituting learning communities in line with the ideas of critical extension proposed from the UNR Extension and Territory Area.
The initiative is based on the political conception of the Public University as a trainer in and for the social, political and cultural commitment of the university community. General coordination will occur jointly between the Areas Academics and Learning and Extension and Territory from UNR.