Reflexiones sobre la construcción de la percepción de exclusión social en jóvenes de ense？anza media: Precisiones conceptuales y metodológicas

this article takes into account the results of an exploratory study that is qualitative in nature, regarding perceptions of social inclusion and/or exclusion among students and school-age children. in carrying out the study, interviews were conducted with various experts in the social sciences. this project allowed us to obtain precise data on relational, contextual and temporal aspects of the concept of social inclusion and/or exclusion. in addition, it indicated the need for examining schools, not as a place of exclusion per se, since most young people take part in school. instead school should be considered as part of a larger system, a social system, that excludes or includes people; a social system that fosters expectations regarding the life paths to be taken, but that does not necessarily generate opportunities for fulfilling these expectations.