The Three Dimensional Spiral of Sense: a New Paradigm Systemic Applied a Six Areas Disciplinares and Two Axis: Identity and Professionalization.

APARICIO, M

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

European Center for Science, Education and Research in Social Sciences

Año: 2016 vol. 4 p. 40 - 52

This article introduces a new systemic theory called ?The Three Dimensional Spiral of Sense?, applied to Identity andProfessionalization. The epistemological mainstays of the theory are stressed here, a theory supported by more than 30 yearsof empirical research at CONICET (National Council of Scientific Research, Argentina), with individuals belonging to differentpopulations, some of them covering periods of over 20 years (intra-generational studies), and others covering threegenerations in-line (inter-generational studies). This article presents the most specific theoretical frameworks, and it formulatesthe six disciplinary areas in which the new analysis of the social data was carried out: Education, Health, Science, Media,International Relations and Interculturality. The first area ? Education ? is dealt with through different levels (secondary level,tertiary level, University and PhD training. Here, we only make reference to the studies carried out, returning to someepistemological issues in this theory. The methodology used was quantitative (statistical analysis, a semi-structured survey)but mainly qualitative (hierarchical evocations, interviews). The approach was macro-micro-meso-macro, micro, not quitecommon yet. It consists of a kind of sui generis systemism which recovers relationships (links, back and forth) betweenindividuals and contexts, without overlooking neither the former nor the latter, thus, avoiding any type of reductionism.Individuals, organizations and frameworks interplay and feedback themselves. The results, particularly the qualitative ones,show the rich interactions underlying the continuance or innovation processes, which favor or hinder the individuals?development and identity in times of abrupt change; at the same time, these results reveal the need for Professionalization inemerging countries.