Abstract

MARTINEZ DE CORREA, Luz María; SANCHEZ TUDARES, Maxula  and  VILLALOBOS, Delisbeth. Social Representation of Mission Sucre in the Framework of the Social Balance Plan in Venezuela. Frónesis [online]. 2006, vol.13, n.2, pp.31-67. ISSN 1315-6268.

The objective of this investigation was to describe Mission Sucre as an alternative higher education program and study its scope and social impact from the axiological and praxeological perspective of the Social Balance Plan 2001-2007. The study is based on a socio-juridical and political rationality approach that underlies its purpose. From the axiological perspective, Mission Sucre seeks to introduce a humanist vision into higher education in order to strengthen community participation; it breaks with the traditional educational policy of discriminating in the selection process, thereby guaranteeing access to university education for every high school graduate without a place in another institution, in order to transform the higher education subsystem into an entity trying to re-potentiate institutional synergy. The investigation follows the qualitative methodology of social representations starting with documentary information, including information gathered from interviews with experts who gave opinions on the case under study. The results of this investigation provided significant axiological and praxeological elements to support the ideas in the Plan for Social Balance and Mission Sucre in a systematic and organized way from a holistic perspective.

Keywords : Social balance; educational system; social inclusion; social rights; axiology and praxeology.