Social responsibility and higher education: just a market target or a real educational challenge? An answer from the trenches

• DOI: 10.36615/sotls.v2i2.37
• Publication Date: 2020-04-01T13:09:15Z
• Authors: Maite Ines Jiménez; Gladys Antonia Ji...; Carmen Márquez; Carolina Astudillo; Loreto Morales; Lorena González; Jonathan Hermosilla
• Keywords: 4. Education; AZ20-999; 05 social sciences; 11. Sustainability; 1. No poverty; History of scholarship and learning. The humanities; 10. No inequality; L; 0503 education; Education; 12. Responsible consumption

Currently, the globalization of local problems is both surprising and concerning, as systemic impact these undermines territories directly affects people environment. As issues are inevitable, public private initiatives have tried to find intercontinental socially responsible solutions fight pollution, poverty corruption, among other problems. In this sense, it possible in South America a fertile field grow awareness, but sometimes useful marketing resource unable reach students within classroom or change their views future professional practice. way, social responsibility coexists with academic capitalism practices. This article aims show how anchoring learning ethics can transform classroom. From students’ narratives, be observed that they changed view role transformed discourses, integrating consideration others into thinking. The results lead us question universities influence way which graduates affect world vice versa. classroom, critical, reflexive transforming space, answered.
 
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 JIMÉNEZ, Maite; Gladys; MÁRQUEZ, Carmen; ASTUDILLO, Carolina; MORALES, Loreto; GONZÁLEZ, Lorena; HERMOSILLA, Jonathan. Social higher education: just market target real educational challenge? An answer from trenches. Scholarship Teaching Learning v. 2, n. p. 71-89, Sept. 2018. Available at: http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=37&path%5B%5D=26
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