Xavier Úcar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3502574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xavier Úcar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xavier |
| FAMILY NAME | Úcar |
| SIGNATURE | ÚCAR X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3678-8277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hacia una evaluación integral de la sostenibilidad de los telecentros
Este artículo presenta el diseño y la validación cualitativa de un instrumento ad hoc orientado a evaluar la sostenibilidad de telecentros comunitarios. A partir de una revisión sistemática de literatura, el modelo se articula en seis dimensiones: económica, política, organizativa, pedagógica, social y cultural, y tecnológica. Su validación se llevó a cabo mediante juicio de personas expertas y un taller con un grupo piloto en una red de telecent…
Intersectionality in participatory methodologies
Purpose This systematic review examines how an intersectional perspective is integrated into participatory methodologies and what it contributes when applied from the outset of the research process. Design/methodology/approach Forty-six studies (2018–2024), identified through systematic searches in regional and international databases, were analyzed. Deductive–inductive coding was guided by seven dimensions: (1) social demand for research, (2) pa…
Can communities facilitate youth empowerment? A systematic analysis
Youth empowerment (YE) receives preferential attention in socio-educational practice and research due to the need to understand the processes that enable young people to empower themselves. Improving YE requires creating the right conditions and contexts for opportunities while ensuring equality and equity. The context and community in which youth empowerment takes place play a key role. However, academic literature has not systematically analyze…
Análisis sistemático de la investigación y los estudios sobre infancia y juventud durante el estado de alarma por Covid-19 en Cataluña
Las excepcionales circunstancias generadas por la pandemia en la sociedad afectan de manera especial a las personas y colectivos vulnerables o que están en riesgo de exclusión social. El estudio se centra en dichos colectivos y, sobre todo, en los efectos sobre la infancia, la adolescencia y la juventud en el ámbito territorial de Cataluña. Con el objetivo de analizar el impacto de la COVID-19 desde un enfoque social y educativo, se realiza un an…
Ideas for Mapping Lifeworld and Everyday Life in Practical Social Pedagogy
Since the 1970s, the concepts of “lifeworld” and “everyday life” have been part of the discourse of social pedagogy and social and educational work in general. Xavier Úcar's objective in this article is to generate and communicate socio‐pedagogical knowledge that helps social pedagogues to build socio‐educational relationships that are more effective, more sustainable, more satisfactory, and ultimately richer in terms of both experiences and lear…
La educación escindida
Es la educación social un tipo específico y diferenciado de educación? ¿Qué es lo que la diferencia de otros tipos de educación? ¿Hay alguna educación o pedagogía que no sea social? ¿Cómo se relacionan la pedagogía y educación social con esos otros tipos, también específicos, de educación? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que, desde la perspectiva de la pedagogía y la educación social, orientan el recorrido conceptual e histórico que se desarro…
Theoretical and practical knowledge in social pedagogy
This article will answer two questions: What are the characteristics of knowledge applied and produced within the framework of social pedagogy? And how are theory and practice articulated in the production and application of social pedagogical knowledge? To this end, the article first presents some of the different types of knowledge existing in the framework of the social sciences and the characteristics that define them. Following that, an anal…
Evaluating Youth Empowerment
Empowerment is a concept that has become increasingly used over recent years. However, little research has been undertaken into how empowerment can be evaluated, particularly in the case of young people. The aim of this article is to present an inventory of dimensions and indicators of youth empowerment. The article describes the various phases in the construction and validation of the inventory. These phases were (1) a contrast of the inventory …
The generation of community social capital in the Poble Sec community plan (Barcelona)
The perspective of social capital has gained prominence in the last 25 years in research and intervention in the social and educational fields.There is an open debate on the application of this concept in community action processes. The objective of this article is to identify and analyze the basic factors that influence the generation of social capital within the Community Development Plan of Poble Sec de Barcelona.A qualitative research process…
Intervención social en desastres socionaturales
Objetivo. Conocer las representaciones sociales de estudiantes de trabajo social, respecto de los desastres socio-naturales que ocurren en su territorio y opciones de intervención/gestión social que reconocen. Metodología. Cuantitativa, de diseño estudio de caso. Participaron estudiantes de las regiones de Atacama y Coquimbo en Chile, que han enfrentado DSN recientes como aluviones, terremoto y sequía. Resultados. Los hallazgos dan cuenta del rec…
Una revisión sistemática sobre las relaciones entre el guanxi y el capital social en el contexto chino
El guanxi se confunde fácilmente con el capital social. Muchos estudios sobre ambos fenómenos han aplicado en China los conceptos, métodos y teorías de la sociología occidental ignorando la importancia de las influencias socioculturales de las culturas respectivas. Este artículo realiza un análisis sistemático de las investigaciones realizadas sobre el guanxi y el capital social en la última década. Se analizan los resultados de 39 artículos sele…
Diseño y validación de una rúbrica para evaluar acciones y proyectos educativos de empoderamiento juvenil
En los últimos años ha habido un aumento significativo de los debates internacionales, las investigaciones y los programas socioeducativos centrados en el empoderamiento juvenil. Uno de los principales problemas de este concepto está relacionado con las formas de medirlo y evaluarlo. Evaluar las acciones y proyectos socioeducativos es clave para el diseño, la implementación y la mejora de prácticas educativas que ayuden a la juventud a empoderars…
Social pedagogy, social education and social work in Spain
The rise of social pedagogy in recent years has led to a revival of discourses and practices in the fields of social work and pedagogy. Both fields have seen a renewed way of interpreting social and educational relationships and professional practice. This, in turn, has resulted in ongoing analysis and debate regarding the academic and professional affiliation of social pedagogy in recent decades. The aim of this article is to provide an outline …
Working with Young People
Social Pedagogy in the World Today
We present a study of social pedagogy from a comparative perspective with the aim of offering an international overview of the current status of social pedagogy in the world. The lack of a universal conceptual definition for the term causes epistemological confusion and inaccuracy and has led to the emergence of multiple polarised perspectives on the concept in different contexts. Our study analyses the current situation from the academic, traini…
Social policy for social work
The first thing I would like to say is that this is a good book. It is easy to read, very well structured and organised and the content is clear and ordered. The text adopts the structure of a univ
Evaluación participativa del empoderamiento juvenil con grupos de jóvenes. Análisis de casos
Interpretations made by young people about their own realities are key to understand\n\t\t\t\t their actions and behaviours. Also for adapting to new social dynamics socio-educational\n\t\t\t\t programmes and projects. This article focuses on the analysis of those interpretations.\n\t\t\t\t What do youth understand by youth empowerment? Which specific indicators do\n\t\t\t\t they consider to identify it? In which spaces, moments and processes do …
Exploring the conceptualization and research of empowerment in the field of youth
The concept of empowerment has become increasingly widespread in recent years. Its use is still, however, somewhat controversial and diverse, particularly when referring to young people. This article presents a systematic analysis of how empowerment has been conceptualized over the past 15 years and has been applied to young people. A systematic search of the major databases filtered by relevance provided 297 bibliographical references. The resul…
Analysing the dimensions of social pedagogy from an international perspective
Over recent years, social pedagogy has emerged or undergone transformation processes in many countries, justifying the need to understand how it is being shaped and transformed throughout the world. However, conceptual ambiguity and lack of a homogenous and unified theoretical body accentuate the dilemma of whether social pedagogy is a specific area of knowledge, a professional field, a research field or all of these at once. We have moved into a…
Practical social pedagogy
Published online: 15 Apr 2015
Social pedagogy in the UK
Obra ressenyada: K. HATTON, Social Pedagogy in the UK. Theory and practice. London: Russell House Publishing, 2013
Enfoques de evaluación orientados a la participación en los procesos de acción comunitaria
Introduction. The evaluation of community action is an advisable practice in community work, that can help to properly manage resources and to improve social and educational interventions. Participation-oriented evaluation approaches are an opportunity to evaluate community action relying involving all stakeholders, not just those with technical background and skills. With the basis provided by the information of international literature on the s…
Social pedagogy and working with children and young people
Xavier ÚcarUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona, [email protected]© 2013, Xavier Úcar
Addressing Socio-Cultural Animation as Community Based Social Work with Street Children in Maputo, Mozambique
Obra ressenyada: Miguel L. MARRENGULA, Addressing Socio-Cultural Animation as Community Based Social Work with Street Children in Maputo, Mozambique. Tampere : Tampere University Press, 2010
The Diversity of Social Pedagogy in Europe (Studies in Comparative Social Pedagogies and International Social Work and Social Policy, Vol. VII)
Obra ressenyada: Jacob JORNBECK & Niel ROSENDAL JENSEN Jensen (Ed.), The diversity of social pedagogy in Europe (Studies in comparative Social Pedagogies and International Social Work and Social Policy, Vol. VII). Europaischer HochSchulVerlag, 2009
Analysing the dimensions of social pedagogy from an international perspective
Over recent years, social pedagogy has emerged or undergone transformation processes in many countries, justifying the need to understand how it is being shaped and transformed throughout the world. However, conceptual ambiguity and lack of a homogenous and unified theoretical body accentuate the dilemma of whether social pedagogy is a specific area of knowledge, a professional field, a research field or all of these at once. We have moved into a…
Can communities facilitate youth empowerment? A systematic analysis
Youth empowerment (YE) receives preferential attention in socio-educational practice and research due to the need to understand the processes that enable young people to empower themselves. Improving YE requires creating the right conditions and contexts for opportunities while ensuring equality and equity. The context and community in which youth empowerment takes place play a key role. However, academic literature has not systematically analyze…
Evaluating Youth Empowerment
Empowerment is a concept that has become increasingly used over recent years. However, little research has been undertaken into how empowerment can be evaluated, particularly in the case of young people. The aim of this article is to present an inventory of dimensions and indicators of youth empowerment. The article describes the various phases in the construction and validation of the inventory. These phases were (1) a contrast of the inventory …
The generation of community social capital in the Poble Sec community plan (Barcelona)
The perspective of social capital has gained prominence in the last 25 years in research and intervention in the social and educational fields.There is an open debate on the application of this concept in community action processes. The objective of this article is to identify and analyze the basic factors that influence the generation of social capital within the Community Development Plan of Poble Sec de Barcelona.A qualitative research process…
Social Pedagogy in the World Today
We present a study of social pedagogy from a comparative perspective with the aim of offering an international overview of the current status of social pedagogy in the world. The lack of a universal conceptual definition for the term causes epistemological confusion and inaccuracy and has led to the emergence of multiple polarised perspectives on the concept in different contexts. Our study analyses the current situation from the academic, traini…
The Diversity of Social Pedagogy in Europe (Studies in Comparative Social Pedagogies and International Social Work and Social Policy, Vol. VII)
Obra ressenyada: Jacob JORNBECK & Niel ROSENDAL JENSEN Jensen (Ed.), The diversity of social pedagogy in Europe (Studies in comparative Social Pedagogies and International Social Work and Social Policy, Vol. VII). Europaischer HochSchulVerlag, 2009
Addressing Socio-Cultural Animation as Community Based Social Work with Street Children in Maputo, Mozambique
Obra ressenyada: Miguel L. MARRENGULA, Addressing Socio-Cultural Animation as Community Based Social Work with Street Children in Maputo, Mozambique. Tampere : Tampere University Press, 2010
The Diversity of Social Pedagogy in Europe (Studies in Comparative Social Pedagogies and International Social Work and Social Policy, Vol. VII)
Obra ressenyada: Jacob JORNBECK & Niel ROSENDAL JENSEN Jensen (Ed.), The diversity of social pedagogy in Europe (Studies in comparative Social Pedagogies and International Social Work and Social Policy, Vol. VII). Europaischer HochSchulVerlag, 2009
Social pedagogy and working with children and young people
Xavier ÚcarUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona, [email protected]© 2013, Xavier Úcar
Enfoques de evaluación orientados a la participación en los procesos de acción comunitaria
Introduction. The evaluation of community action is an advisable practice in community work, that can help to properly manage resources and to improve social and educational interventions. Participation-oriented evaluation approaches are an opportunity to evaluate community action relying involving all stakeholders, not just those with technical background and skills. With the basis provided by the information of international literature on the s…
Practical social pedagogy
Published online: 15 Apr 2015
Social pedagogy in the UK
Obra ressenyada: K. HATTON, Social Pedagogy in the UK. Theory and practice. London: Russell House Publishing, 2013
Exploring the conceptualization and research of empowerment in the field of youth
The concept of empowerment has become increasingly widespread in recent years. Its use is still, however, somewhat controversial and diverse, particularly when referring to young people. This article presents a systematic analysis of how empowerment has been conceptualized over the past 15 years and has been applied to young people. A systematic search of the major databases filtered by relevance provided 297 bibliographical references. The resul…
Analysing the dimensions of social pedagogy from an international perspective
Over recent years, social pedagogy has emerged or undergone transformation processes in many countries, justifying the need to understand how it is being shaped and transformed throughout the world. However, conceptual ambiguity and lack of a homogenous and unified theoretical body accentuate the dilemma of whether social pedagogy is a specific area of knowledge, a professional field, a research field or all of these at once. We have moved into a…
Evaluación participativa del empoderamiento juvenil con grupos de jóvenes. Análisis de casos
Interpretations made by young people about their own realities are key to understand\n\t\t\t\t their actions and behaviours. Also for adapting to new social dynamics socio-educational\n\t\t\t\t programmes and projects. This article focuses on the analysis of those interpretations.\n\t\t\t\t What do youth understand by youth empowerment? Which specific indicators do\n\t\t\t\t they consider to identify it? In which spaces, moments and processes do …
Social policy for social work
The first thing I would like to say is that this is a good book. It is easy to read, very well structured and organised and the content is clear and ordered. The text adopts the structure of a univ
Working with Young People
Social Pedagogy in the World Today
We present a study of social pedagogy from a comparative perspective with the aim of offering an international overview of the current status of social pedagogy in the world. The lack of a universal conceptual definition for the term causes epistemological confusion and inaccuracy and has led to the emergence of multiple polarised perspectives on the concept in different contexts. Our study analyses the current situation from the academic, traini…
Una revisión sistemática sobre las relaciones entre el guanxi y el capital social en el contexto chino
El guanxi se confunde fácilmente con el capital social. Muchos estudios sobre ambos fenómenos han aplicado en China los conceptos, métodos y teorías de la sociología occidental ignorando la importancia de las influencias socioculturales de las culturas respectivas. Este artículo realiza un análisis sistemático de las investigaciones realizadas sobre el guanxi y el capital social en la última década. Se analizan los resultados de 39 artículos sele…
Diseño y validación de una rúbrica para evaluar acciones y proyectos educativos de empoderamiento juvenil
En los últimos años ha habido un aumento significativo de los debates internacionales, las investigaciones y los programas socioeducativos centrados en el empoderamiento juvenil. Uno de los principales problemas de este concepto está relacionado con las formas de medirlo y evaluarlo. Evaluar las acciones y proyectos socioeducativos es clave para el diseño, la implementación y la mejora de prácticas educativas que ayuden a la juventud a empoderars…
Social pedagogy, social education and social work in Spain
The rise of social pedagogy in recent years has led to a revival of discourses and practices in the fields of social work and pedagogy. Both fields have seen a renewed way of interpreting social and educational relationships and professional practice. This, in turn, has resulted in ongoing analysis and debate regarding the academic and professional affiliation of social pedagogy in recent decades. The aim of this article is to provide an outline …
La educación escindida
Es la educación social un tipo específico y diferenciado de educación? ¿Qué es lo que la diferencia de otros tipos de educación? ¿Hay alguna educación o pedagogía que no sea social? ¿Cómo se relacionan la pedagogía y educación social con esos otros tipos, también específicos, de educación? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que, desde la perspectiva de la pedagogía y la educación social, orientan el recorrido conceptual e histórico que se desarro…
Theoretical and practical knowledge in social pedagogy
This article will answer two questions: What are the characteristics of knowledge applied and produced within the framework of social pedagogy? And how are theory and practice articulated in the production and application of social pedagogical knowledge? To this end, the article first presents some of the different types of knowledge existing in the framework of the social sciences and the characteristics that define them. Following that, an anal…
Evaluating Youth Empowerment
Empowerment is a concept that has become increasingly used over recent years. However, little research has been undertaken into how empowerment can be evaluated, particularly in the case of young people. The aim of this article is to present an inventory of dimensions and indicators of youth empowerment. The article describes the various phases in the construction and validation of the inventory. These phases were (1) a contrast of the inventory …
The generation of community social capital in the Poble Sec community plan (Barcelona)
The perspective of social capital has gained prominence in the last 25 years in research and intervention in the social and educational fields.There is an open debate on the application of this concept in community action processes. The objective of this article is to identify and analyze the basic factors that influence the generation of social capital within the Community Development Plan of Poble Sec de Barcelona.A qualitative research process…
Intervención social en desastres socionaturales
Objetivo. Conocer las representaciones sociales de estudiantes de trabajo social, respecto de los desastres socio-naturales que ocurren en su territorio y opciones de intervención/gestión social que reconocen. Metodología. Cuantitativa, de diseño estudio de caso. Participaron estudiantes de las regiones de Atacama y Coquimbo en Chile, que han enfrentado DSN recientes como aluviones, terremoto y sequía. Resultados. Los hallazgos dan cuenta del rec…
Análisis sistemático de la investigación y los estudios sobre infancia y juventud durante el estado de alarma por Covid-19 en Cataluña
Las excepcionales circunstancias generadas por la pandemia en la sociedad afectan de manera especial a las personas y colectivos vulnerables o que están en riesgo de exclusión social. El estudio se centra en dichos colectivos y, sobre todo, en los efectos sobre la infancia, la adolescencia y la juventud en el ámbito territorial de Cataluña. Con el objetivo de analizar el impacto de la COVID-19 desde un enfoque social y educativo, se realiza un an…
Ideas for Mapping Lifeworld and Everyday Life in Practical Social Pedagogy
Since the 1970s, the concepts of “lifeworld” and “everyday life” have been part of the discourse of social pedagogy and social and educational work in general. Xavier Úcar's objective in this article is to generate and communicate socio‐pedagogical knowledge that helps social pedagogues to build socio‐educational relationships that are more effective, more sustainable, more satisfactory, and ultimately richer in terms of both experiences and lear…
Can communities facilitate youth empowerment? A systematic analysis
Youth empowerment (YE) receives preferential attention in socio-educational practice and research due to the need to understand the processes that enable young people to empower themselves. Improving YE requires creating the right conditions and contexts for opportunities while ensuring equality and equity. The context and community in which youth empowerment takes place play a key role. However, academic literature has not systematically analyze…
Hacia una evaluación integral de la sostenibilidad de los telecentros
Este artículo presenta el diseño y la validación cualitativa de un instrumento ad hoc orientado a evaluar la sostenibilidad de telecentros comunitarios. A partir de una revisión sistemática de literatura, el modelo se articula en seis dimensiones: económica, política, organizativa, pedagógica, social y cultural, y tecnológica. Su validación se llevó a cabo mediante juicio de personas expertas y un taller con un grupo piloto en una red de telecent…
Intersectionality in participatory methodologies
Purpose This systematic review examines how an intersectional perspective is integrated into participatory methodologies and what it contributes when applied from the outset of the research process. Design/methodology/approach Forty-six studies (2018–2024), identified through systematic searches in regional and international databases, were analyzed. Deductive–inductive coding was guided by seven dimensions: (1) social demand for research, (2) pa…
Sociology (22 works) · Political science (20 works) · Pedagogy (13 works) · Social Sciences and Policies (12 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Social science (11 works) · Social Work (10 works) · Educational Practices and Policies (9 works) · Social Pedagogy (9 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (8 works)