Dialogic leadership in learning communities

Objeto: El objetivo de este artículo es presentar y discutir los resultados obtenidos en tres Comunidades de Aprendizaje en relación a los procesos de creación, promoción y consolidación del liderazgo dialógico. En el análisis, se incorpora el papel de los diferentes miembros de la comunidad en la organización escolar. Diseño/metodología/enfoque: Se realiza una revisión de literatura científica sobre los conceptos de liderazgo, liderazgo educativo y liderazgo dialógico. En base a esta revisión, el trabajo empírico se ha desarrollado con la metodología comunicativa, que pone el énfasis en el diálogo igualitario entre investigadores e investigadoras y sujetos implicados en la realidad social objeto de estudio. Se han seleccionado tres centros que se transforman en Comunidad de Aprendizaje en muy diferentes momentos (1978, 2001 y 2013) y se han entrevistado personas de perfiles diversos. Aportaciones y resultados: Comprensión de las formas en que en estas tres Comunidades de Aprendizaje se desarrolla el liderazgo dialógico y cómo se consolida con la comunidad. En base a los resultados obtenidos en las entrevistas, se destacan aspectos de la participación y el liderazgo vinculados a los procesos de aprendizaje. Limitaciones: El liderazgo dialógico en Comunidades de Aprendizaje se desarrolla en contextos escolares muy diversos, estando este artículo centrado en tres centros. Implicaciones prácticas: La participación de toda la comunidad en el liderazgo dialógico en Comunidades de Aprendizaje tiene implicaciones que pueden ir más allá del centro escolar. Implicaciones sociales: Comunidades de Aprendizaje ha demostrado mejorar los resultados académicos y la superación del fracaso escolar, en línea con los objetivos de la Estrategia Europea 2020. Originalidad / Valor añadido: Este artículo presenta datos empíricos sobre cómo el liderazgo dialógico se crea, promueve y desarrolla en tres Comunidades de Aprendizaje, en línea con el giro dialógico de las sociedades y las ciencias sociales.Purpose: The objective of this paper is to present and discuss the findings obtained in three Learning Communities with regards to the processes of creation, development and consolidation of the dialogic leadership. In the analysis, the role of the different community members in the school organization is included. Design/methodology: A review of the scientific literature about the concepts of leadership, educational leadership and dialogic leadership is presented. On this basis, the empirical work has been developed on the basis of the communicative methodology, which stresses the egalitarian dialogue between researchers and the subjects of the social reality being studied. Three schools transformed into a Learning Community in diverse moments (1978, 2001 and 2013) have been selected and people with different profiles were interviewed. Findings: The results obtained contribute to the understanding about the development of the dialogic learning in these three Learning Communities, as well as how it is reinforced with the community. On the basis of the results obtained in the interviews, the aspects of participation and leadership in relation to the learning processes are highlighted. Research limitations/implications: Dialogic leadership in Learning Communities is developed in very diverse school contexts, being this article focused in three schools. Practical implications: The participation of the whole community in the dialogic leadership in Learning Communities has implications that go beyond the school. Social implications: Learning Communities have demonstrated the improvement of academic results and the overcoming of school failure, according with the objectives of the European Strategy 2020. In this sense, the dialogic leadership reinforces this dimension contributing to social impact. Originality/value: This article presents empirical data about how the dialogic leadership is created, developed and consolidated in three Learning Communities, according to the dialogic turn of societies and social sciences.Peer Reviewe

Análisis de la realidad de las mujeres gitanas con problemas de adicción y el papel del voluntariado.

El propósito de este trabajo es investigar y analizar la realidad social que viven las mujeres gitanas con problemas de adicción, si son discriminadas en su comunidad, su familia y en la sociedad en general. La motivación para abordar esta temática surge de la observación que realicé en mi periodo de prácticas, debido a que había muy pocas mujeres en el centro de prácticas, y menos del pueblo gitano. Para el desarrollo del trabajo, en primer lugar, se realiza una revisión de literatura científica que muestra la escasa investigación existente acerca de la problemática de las mujeres gitanas y las adicciones. A continuación, se incorpora el análisis del papel del voluntariado en la atención a personas con adicciones (con especial atención a personas gitanas), a través de las voces de voluntarios y profesionales de este ámbito, proponiendo formas de actuación. El análisis se ha desarrollado a través de técnicas cualitativas, concretamente entrevistas y notas de campo mediante la observación participante. Finalmente, se abordan posibles aportaciones desde el Trabajo Social para contribuir a superar las problemáticas de las mujeres gitanas con adicción.<br /

Social Impact Indicators in the Context of the Roma Community: Contributions to the Debate on Methodological Implications

Researching with methodologies focused on social impact in line with the SDGs is one of the priority orientations of the Horizon Europe program, as shown in the official European Commission document on impacts for this program. In this sense, researchers must forecast how their project will improve citizens'' lives. Until now, many investigations showed the evaluation of the social impact through knowledge transfer activities that, although undoubtedly important, are not enough since the social impact is defined as the improvements derived from using the knowledge transferred to society. The search for the social impact of new research requires the introduction of impact indicators from the design, throughout the project development, and when the project ends. The introduction of indicators, in particular if they are decided in dialogue with the participants, allows not only to foresee a greater social impact but also to improve and adjust the methodology to be used. We explore this aspect in the context of research with social impact that starts from how the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the inequalities suffered by the Roma population, causing the aggravation and creation of new problems and needs. Thus, we explain in detail how the selection of indicators that monitor the social impact, in dialogue with the Roma population, allows the design of research projects that are more appropriate to the current context

Una aproximación a las políticas de igualdad y de acción afirmativa en la Guardia Civil.

La Guardia Civil, una de las instituciones más valoradas por la sociedad española, se enfrenta a los necesarios retos que ésta le impone. Entre los más acuciantes, procurar la efectiva igualdad entre mujeres y hombres dentro del Cuerpo. No solo en cuanto a la prevención de posible violencia o abusos que la mujer, por su condición femenina pueda sufrir, sino en lo referente a su situación como profesional policial. Para el logro de un objetivo que ya debería haber sido alcanzado históricamente, se han de implementar acciones que aseguren el equilibrio en las posiciones de partida y garanticen el desarrollo de la mujer en entornos tradicionalmente masculinos. Esta tarea, únicamente puede ser acometida conociendo en profundidad las sensaciones y sentimientos de las mujeres que forman parte del colectivo y que, en minoría, se enfrentan a su plena adaptación en él. A partir de una contextualización de la realidad de la mujer en la Guardia Civil y de algunas de las aportaciones teóricas en relación a la temática, en este trabajo se han explorado, mediante técnicas cualitativas y cuantitativas, las opiniones y actitudes de mujeres Guardias Civiles en relación a las políticas de igualdad y de acción afirmativa. Los resultados principales apuntan que, aunque en términos generales, la Guardia Civil es considerada más igualitaria que el resto de la sociedad, existe la necesidad de establecer políticas y medidas de mayor calado que promuevan una mayor presencia femenina y prevengan y castiguen las conductas de acoso laboral y sexual detectadas

Communicative methodology: Contributions to social impact assessment in psychological research

Recent advancements in the social impact assessment of science have shown the diverse methodologies being developed to monitor and evaluate the improvements for society as a result of research. These assessment methods include indicators to gather both quantitative and qualitative evidence of the social impact of science achieved in the short, medium, and long terms. In psychology, the impact of research has been mainly analyzed in relation to scientific publications in journals, but less is known about the methods for the social impact assessment of psychological research. Impact assessment in the domains of educational psychology and organizational psychology presents synergies with bottom-up approaches that include the voices of citizens and stakeholders in their analyses. Along these lines, the communicative methodology (CM) emerges as a methodology useful for the communicative evaluation of the social impact of research. Although the CM has widely demonstrated social impact in the social sciences, less is known about how it has been used and the impact achieved in psychological research. This article unpacks how to achieve social impact in psychology through the CM. In particular, it focuses on the theoretical underpinnings of the CM, the postulates linked to psychological research and some key actions for the implementation of the CM in relation to the design of Advisory Committees, working groups, and plenary meetings in research. Furthermore, it shows how the CM has been implemented in illustrative cases in psychological research. The article finishes with a conclusion and recommendations to further explore the ways in which the CM enables the social impact of research in psychology

A New application of Social Impact in Social Media for overcoming fake news in health

One of the challenges today is to face fake news (false information) in health due to its potential impact on people's lives. This article contributes to a new application of social impact in social media (SISM) methodology. This study focuses on the social impact of the research to identify what type of health information is false and what type of information is evidence of the social impact shared in social media. The analysis of social media includes Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter. This analysis contributes to identifying how interactions in these forms of social media depend on the type of information shared. The results indicate that messages focused on fake health information are mostly aggressive, those based on evidence of social impact are respectful and transformative, and finally, deliberation contexts promoted in social media overcome false information about health. These results contribute to advancing knowledge in overcoming fake health-related news shared in social media

Dialogic traits of Roma women leadership

Against of what mainstream society believes, Roma women are participating in public spaces of debate and decision-making and taking the lead in opening educational and labor opportunities for themselves, their families and their communities. The specific traits of the type of leadership developed and exercised by Roma women in civic organizations, as something that differs from both the type of leadership done by Roma men, or non-Roma women, is yet scantily researched by academic literature. Aimed at filling this gap, this article presents and discusses what we have identified as dialogic traits in Roma women leadership when engaged in social and political actions. We call these traits “dialogic”, as all of them are constructed and emerged based on egalitarian and intersubjective dialogue among Roma women themselves, and their communities. These traits are, leadership assumed in a relational way, as a collective responsibility and developed with others; putting the Roma values and shared identity at the core; and with a strong understanding of the need of intergenerational solidarity among themselves as a&nbsp; motor of organized action. Findings are drawn from qualitative interviews conducted with Roma women of diverse ages, and Spanish regions, who are all of them leaders engaged across diverse organized spaces of civic participation, namely Roma women civic organizations, or other types of political institutions.&nbsp;Al contrario de lo que cree la sociedad mayoritaria, las mujeres gitanas están participando en espacios públicos de debate y toma de decisiones y tomando la iniciativa para abrir oportunidades educativas y laborales para ellas, sus familias y sus comunidades. Las particularidades del tipo de liderazgo que desarrollan y ejercen las mujeres gitanas en las organizaciones cívicas, como algo que difiere tanto del tipo de liderazgo que desarrollan los hombres gitanos, como de las mujeres no gitanas, es un aspecto aún escasamente investigado por la literatura científica. Con el objetivo de llenar este vacío, este artículo presenta y discute lo que hemos identificado como aspectos dialógicos en el liderazgo de las mujeres gitanas cuando se involucran en acciones sociales y políticas. A estos aspectos los llamamos “dialógicos”, ya que todos ellos se construyen y emergen a partir del diálogo igualitario e intersubjetivo entre las propias mujeres gitanas y sus comunidades. Estos aspectos son, el liderazgo asumido de forma relacional, como responsabilidad colectiva y desarrollado con los demás; poner los valores gitanos y la identidad compartida en el centro; y la intergeneracionalidad como base de la acción organizada. Los resultados se extraen de entrevistas cualitativas realizadas a mujeres gitanas de diversas edades y regiones españolas, todas ellas líderes involucradas en diversos espacios organizados de participación cívica, concretamente organizaciones cívicas de mujeres gitanas u otro tipo de instituciones políticas

Research agenda to engage citizens in science through social media communicative observations

Social media has expanded the possibilities for citizens around the world to share knowledge and interact about scientific advancements, facilitating to raise public awareness of and interest in science. Amidst this context, scientists in all disciplines are intensifying the use of social media as a data source to capture what citizens express about their achievements, beyond dissemination purposes. Content analysis is the generalised method used by researchers to explore the interactions of citizens in social media about science. In this commentary paper, we explore the social media communicative observations as an emerging technique in the social media analytics to include the communicative dimension of science in the analysis of interactions between scientists and citizens. The implications to empower dialogically the social media communities interested in science are shared

Social impact in social media: A new method to evaluate the social impact of research

The social impact of research has usually been analysed through the scientific outcomes produced under the auspices of the research. The growth of scholarly content in social media and the use of altmetrics by researchers to track their work facilitate the advancement in evaluating the impact of research. However, there is a gap in the identification of evidence of the social impact in terms of what citizens are sharing on their social media platforms. This article applies a social impact in social media methodology (SISM) to identify quantitative and qualitative evidence of the potential or real social impact of research shared on social media, specifically on Twitter and Facebook. We define the social impact coverage ratio (SICOR) to identify the percentage of tweets and Facebook posts providing information about potential or actual social impact in relation to the total amount of social media data found related to specific research projects. We selected 10 projects in different fields of knowledge to calculate the SICOR, and the results indicate that 0.43% of the tweets and Facebook posts collected provide linkages with information about social impact. However, our analysis indicates that some projects have a high percentage (4.98%) and others have no evidence of social impact shared in social media. Examples of quantitative and qualitative evidence of social impact are provided to illustrate these results. A general finding is that novel evidences of social impact of research can be found in social media, becoming relevant platforms for scientists to spread quantitative and qualitative evidence of social impact in social media to capture the interest of citizens. Thus, social media users are showed to be intermediaries making visible and assessing evidence of social impact