The training of actors based on university social responsibility

Abstract

The article presents the main results of the implementation of training actions in the community context, carried out by actors from the University of Pinar del Río, "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca". This institution has a commitment with the communities of the territory, preparing professionals capable of facilitating and enriching their cultural life through the performance of their leaders and the active participation of the population in their development. The objective of this study was to implement a proposal of actions aimed at training actors in terms of university social responsibility in the community context. Different materials and methods were used that started from an integral materialistic dialectic approach; among them, the historical-logical method and the systemic-structural, ethnographic method, with two of its techniques: the discussion group and the participant observation. As empirical methods, the participatory community diagnosis and the interview. As a result, a proposal of training actions was elaborated, in which the protagonism of both social actors was promoted: those of the university and those of the community context, as leaders in function of their social responsibility towards the community. The experience provided allowed the researchers of the University of Pinar del Río, involved in the research, to contribute with a group of training actions that should be taken into account when applying similar experiences.