Project-based learning applied to social projects to help teen pregnants and mothers at risk of social exclusion

  1. Pedro Lara Bercial 1
  2. María Teresa Villalba de Benito 1
  3. Asunción Herreros Miguel 1
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Madrid
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    Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04dp46240

Proceedings:
Inted2015: 9th international technology, education and development conference

Publisher: IATED Academy

ISBN: 978-84-606-5763-7

Year of publication: 2015

Pages: 852-858

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

The early pregnancy involves health risks of teens and child, psychological disorders, and also has social, economic and educational implications. There is evidence of the effectiveness of programs designed to minimize these negative effects by early incorporation into pregnancy monitoring programs, as well as educational and social inclusion. Universidad Europea has signed an agreement with Fundación Madrina, a NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) focused on social and psychological support for young pregnant women at risk of social exclusion. In this collaboration several initiatives are being launched. The first one is to support from the perspective of technology and education the current NGO projects. It consists of providing the basic technologies to pave the way for further common development. The final goal is to develop a comprehensive educational platform to inform and train users in the 3 identified areas: health, psychology-social work, and education-employability. In this paper we focus on the work that is now done with that NGO. How the collaboration was organized, how we have involved students through project-based learning, the results obtained, and the future work will be explained in detail.

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