The teachers of the School of Education and Psychology of the University of Navarra Sarah Carrica, Nuria Garro y Mª Ángeles Sotésmembers of the Profesionales Solidarios Foundationparticipate in a project of cooperation for the development educational in Asuncion (Paraguay).

During ten daysMª Ángeles Sotés, as the pedagogical director of project, teaches training to fifty directors of training from Paraguay. Meanwhile, their colleagues Sarah Carrica and Nuria Garro, on a 20-day stay, are evaluating the training pedagogical, counseling and training of 63 educators who teach teaching in schools where children are located at status of extreme poverty.

Specifically, they carry out two conference of training pedagogical for the technical team of APES (Apoyo Psicopedagógico Escolar Social), in addition to conducting a field study with the goal to assess needs. In this research we want to explore both the pedagogical needs and systematization in APES, as well as the perception of self-efficacy of the educators in these centers.

On the other hand, these two professors have been invited to participate as international speakers to the congress International of Education Initialorganized by the Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de Asunción (Paraguay).

partnership between entities

The project emerged in November 2015 when the association PROMU (association for the Promotion of Women) requested partnership for the detection of the needs of its technical team. This association develops the creation of support schools (APES) built in the shantytowns of Asunción and Gran Asunción.