¿Mejor que nada? una revisión y crítica del apadrinamiento de niños

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i8.5574

Palabras clave:

Apadrinamiento de niños; Crítica; Educación para el desarrollo; Ciudadano del mundo; HEADS UP; Justicia; Revisión de literatura.

Resumen

El objetivo de este trabajo es revisar y sintetizar la investigación centrada en el apadrinamiento de niños (CS) y, al hacerlo, presentar una crítica basada en conceptualizaciones de justicia, solidaridad, relaciones éticas y educación internacional para el desarrollo. Como se discutió en este documento, una revisión de la literatura arroja ocho motivaciones para involucrarse en el apadrinamiento de niños: conexión personal; altruismo; culpa; pequeña victoria; parte de algo más grande; desconfianza del gobierno; no sin rostro; avanzando el desarrollo. Siguiendo la síntesis de investigación y la discusión de estas motivaciones, se construye una crítica al ver estas motivaciones a través de tres lentes teóricos: conceptualizaciones del buen ciudadano, el miembro complejo de la audiencia y, finalmente, una herramienta pedagógica y un marco denominado HEADS UP. El documento concluye con preguntas centradas en el poder, la pobreza, la responsabilidad, la complicidad, la justicia y la paz, y, en última instancia, proporciona una respuesta a la pregunta de "¿es mejor que nada?" El argumento presentado en este documento es que, en su notoria ausencia de un examen más crítico de las causas profundas de la pobreza y las injusticias globales, el apadrinamiento de niños no es, de hecho, mejor que nada.

Biografía del autor/a

Kathleen T. Nolan, University of Regina

Professor, Faculty of Education

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20/06/2020

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NOLAN, K. T. ¿Mejor que nada? una revisión y crítica del apadrinamiento de niños. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 8, p. e26985574, 2020. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v9i8.5574. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/5574. Acesso em: 22 dic. 2024.

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