Territorial network: An opportunity for sharing education in community

Abstract

Two experiences of territorial social networks are described as a proposed methodology that opens up to participation and joint working in the community and heads towards coresponsibility. If each territorial network is different in terms of details, what they both have in common is the solid base of a shared working structure with and for the families in the area, and the aim of generating comprehensive and valid educational criteria for all agents in the community. This innovation, «Areas for educational debate with and for families» has been introduced into the project led by the GRODE group and is being carried out with the support of the Diputació de Barcelona.
Setting out from these experiences, we analyse the strengths and weaknesses of this methodological strategy for generating learning opportunities in decision-making and in actions, participation in and management of knowledge, exchange of opinions and experiences as a transformation process for situations that involve and consider the voice of the educational community from a systematic and shared viewpoint: territorial educational networks.