DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2020.v08i09.011

Pages: 501-507

Objective: Create awareness in teachers of the importance of the processes of learning to unlearn and relearn as part of our educational responsibility and continuous training. Summary: This paper corresponds to a reflection on various theories and approaches to learning and their relevance in the training of social agents, a reflection that emerges from the practice of training, and taking into account the fact that the meaning of what learning implies and how it is You learn is not at the center of the discussion in Latin American universities, in which what is taught is more emphasized than how to teach. The present work corresponds to a reflection about several theories and approaches of the learning and their relevance in the training of social agents, reflection that emerges from the practice of the training, and attending to the fact that the meaning of what it implies to learn and how it is that is learned is not at the center of the discussion in universities in Latin America, which emphasizes more what to teach rather than how to teach. Justification: The present work corresponds a reflection on various theories and approaches to learning and their relevance in the training of social workers, reflection that emerges from the practice of training, and considering the fact that the sense of what is involved in learning and how What is learned is not at the center of the discussion in universities in Latin America, in which more emphasis is placed on what to teach rather than how to teach. Without pretending to analyze praxis or be a guide on how to implement the transition from the prevailing training model, called informational, to another with a transformational nature, the working hypothesis on the training of social agents and, in particular, leadership training, is based on the importance of understanding the concept of learning, of how to learn and, therefore, of how to teach, since adults require unlearning, at the same time as learning, to...........