The social dimension in psychopedagogy

Violence as a risk to learning

Abstract

The concept, understanding and comprehensiveness of violence has been transformed over the centuries, and as civilizations evolve, new ways of seeing it are unleashed, as well as strategies to prevent, control and combat such harmful and malicious acts for the victimized subjects. This essay analyzes the social dimension in psychopedagogy in the light of scientific literature and aims to characterize contexts of potential risk for learning teenagers and young adults in the context of social vulnerability and violence, in addition to advocating new perspectives on psychopedagogical action. The methodology follows the deductive logic in a descriptive study with qualitative approach. As results, reflections on violence in multiple learning spaces and prospective scenarios of psychopedagogical action are presented. Finally, it is concluded that the Psychopedagogy is situated as a professional of critical relevance to promote prevention, intervention, education, and continuous rehabilitation to individuals in situations of social vulnerability and at risk of violence in the context of teaching and learning.