Abstract

The pedagogical project for children and teenagers under the age of 18 years, who are institutionally sheltered at the Children National Protection System (PANI), conceives, as part of its strategies, all the actions guiding and promoting the interdisciplinary work of the teachers who work at the 40 shelter-homes the project works for along Costa Rica. This project seeks to strengthen the academic and emotional skills of these children and teenage population through the teachers’ support, who work with them, in nine different academic disciplines. Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate the interdisciplinary work from the perspective of the professionals; it tries to understand the efforts done in the praxis to strengthen children and adolescents’ skills. The study used a qualitative and descriptive design. The analysis of the information considered the meeting minutes and open-ended questions from a questionnaire administered from 2016 to 2018. As a result, it is relevant to state that teachers positively valued this experience, and it has allowed interesting synergies for the children’s common good.

Keywords: Interdisciplinary; pedagogy; project; professionals; minors