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The chapter presents the author’s own teaching experience in theory and research methodology of quality life in different academic programs (graduate and post-graduate), and in different fields, namely, Social Work, Childhood, Youth and Political Sciences, since the early twenty-first century in South America.
It, likewise, reflects the way university students profit by the so-called “helping professions” such as Social Work, in the study of the quality of life theory, thus facilitating the development of their future professional role.
It, finally, takes into consideration the cases presented in doctoral theses and post- doctoral studies applying the quality of life theory and research methodology, which are likely to produce an increasing development in the quality of life studies in the region.
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All of these papers have been directed by Dr. Graciela Tonon.
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Author Lucía Zanabria Ruiz (Perú), Directed by Graciela Tonon, Doctorate in Psychology. Universidad de Palermo, Argentina. Approved, 2013.
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Author María Dilia Mieles Barrera (Colombia), Directed by Graciela Tonon. Doctorate in Social Sciences, Childhood, and Youth. Universidad de Manizales-CINDE Colombia. Approved, September, 2013.
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Author Milton Décima (Argentina), Directed by Graciela Tonon Master’s Degree in Public Health. Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina. Finished March 2015.
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Institute of Social Research dedicated to the relation university-community in the Faculty of Social Sciences of Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. Director Dr. Graciela Tonon.
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Dr. Antonio López López, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia.
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Dr. Claudia Mikkelsen, CONICET, Argentina.
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Dr. Noelia Somarriba Arechavala, Universidad de Valladolid, España.
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Tonon, G. (2016). The Challenge of Teaching Quality-of-Life Theory and Research Methodology at the University: A View from South America. In: Maggino, F. (eds) A Life Devoted to Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 60. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20568-7_17
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