Educación para el trabajo

This article invites us to reflect on the meaning of labor as a human activity and its educational implications. It stems from the idea of work as a means of development and growth. Through work man puts in practice capacities and abilities developed mostly during professional formation. In the first placed a brief analysis is made of the difference between work and a job, since these concepts are usually used with the same meaning, and their importance and reach is very different. In second place a reflection is made on the educational value of work as a means of development and self fulfillment. This will give way to the analysis of the requirements and demands of professional exercise. Basically, the idea is to emphasize, from a pedagogical point of view, the importance of family and school as the most valuable educational agents in the development of the human person and how this contributes to a better professional training and work performance.

Diferencia entre empleo y trabajo -- El valor educativo del trabajo -- Las exigencias del trabajo -- Consideraciones finales