Educational Settings of Latin America as a Learning Opportunity for the University of Valencia Students

Abstract

Latin America has a social wealth, cultural and educational diversity, and that is why this geographic region is presented as a privileged setting for learning and human development of all kind of educators, especially for social workers. Hence, different Spanish universities have signed cooperation agreements with Latin American universities and established partnerships with local organizations for students from both sides of the Atlantic to do internships. This article focuses on the specific program of International Mobility of the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Valencia (Facultat de Filosofía i Ciències de l’Educació de la Universitat de Vàlencia). Therefore, this program is describing its operation, operating principles, objectives and achievements, which are the areas where it develops and depending the pedagogic potential and social transformation that the program contains. This study is a step of a broader research for which has been taken as a source for studying the reports submitted by students who have gone through the program, the testimony of the same ones and a questionnaire developed specifically for this task.