Representaciones sociales sobre formación integral (RS) que tienen los adultos que participan con las niñas y niños de la primera infancia en el Centro de Psicomotricidad del parque Cayetano Cañizares del IDRD

Abstract

This research project focuses on the topic of Social Representations as a field of knowledge that allows for the recognition of people's and social groups' opinions, perceptions, social interactions, beliefs, narratives, and realities—giving them meaning and significance, and enabling the invisible to become perceptible through the communicative act. Within the framework of this research, social representations gain relevance in the realm of social thought, upon which they are constructed. In this case, they allow us to recognize the social representations (SR) about comprehensive education held by adults who interact with young children at the Psychomotricity Center in Cayetano Cañizares Park, managed by the IDRD, which is the central objective of this project. To achieve this, the research is grounded in a qualitative research approach, which analyzes and rationally understands cultural phenomena and human experiences. It also draws from the phenomenological paradigm, which focuses on the lived experiences of individuals, their subjectivities, and the influence of historical, cultural, and social contexts on human beings—thus enabling the understanding and interpretation of social representations. In the methodological design of the research, the semi-structured interview and the associative card workshop are used as tools, following Abric's (2001) proposal on the functions of social representations. These tools are applied to parents and professionals participating in the Cayetano Cañizares Psychomotricity Center (CPCC), which serves as the research context. These individuals have been building various experiences and interactions that become the primary input for identifying and shaping the social representations around comprehensive early childhood education.