Del trabajo de apostolado a la profesionalización. Análisis de la profesión de Trabajo Social en Aragón

Abstract

This paper shows the main results of a social research on the birth, the historical changes and the current situation of social work profession in the Spanish region of Aragón, done with the follow goals: to understand the female character or social work, to show the importance and consequences of this female character, to encourage teachers to incorporate the gender perspectives in their lectures and to encourage future social workers to carry out the profession for changing the current gender relations. According to the gender perspectives, social work profession in Aragón is a female activity as the result of changing the place where traditionally dependent people were looked after and the change of the people who did this work.