NEIGHBORHOOD FOOTBALL AS A NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL PROCESS: A STUDY OF CASES IN THE CITY OF VALDIVIA – CHILE

Abstract

This research tries to understand the processes of coexistence in a neighborhood football team – ‘Club de Fútbol Palestino Los Jazmines”, in the southern Chilean city of Valdivia. Researchers intervened as teachers of under-nine and juvenile football players and chose three players to be the key informants of the study. Firstly, a bibliographic review of the key themes was conducted. Then a methodological framework centered on a socio-critical paradigm was established, based on qualitative methodology, to analyze and interpret the data collected through a field diary and semi-structured interviews with the key informants. Results contributed to characterize the dynamics of social relations, and to implement and evaluate a non-formal educative proposal aimed at strengthening coexistence in the team.