espanolLas condiciones sociales y educativas de la Alemania de mitad del siglo XIX fueron el referente y contexto que inspiro a Paul Natorp para remitirse a la pedagogia social como �la ciencia que estudia las condiciones sociales de la educacion y las condiciones educativas de la vida social�. Sus aportes y principios pedagogicos fueron difundidos, repensados y ajustados a los diferentes espacios europeos y americanos, cobrando visibilidad y resignificacion desde la multivariedad de interpretaciones. Asi el proposito de este texto es mostrar que la aceptacion, implementacion, constitucion, avance, presencia y funcionalidad de la pedagogia social es mas notoria en unos paises que en otros. Tal es el caso de Espana y Colombia, naciones distanciadas por el oceano y las fronteras terrestres, pero unidas por situaciones del orden social, asi como por creaciones y consolidaciones educativas acordes a sus necesidades, expectativas e intereses. EnglishThe social and educational conditions of Germany in the midnineteenth century were the referent and context that inspired Paul Natorp to refer to social pedagogy as �the science that studies the social conditions of education and the educational conditions of social life�. His contributions and pedagogical principles were disseminated, rethought, and adjusted in accordance to the different European and American environments in which they gained in visibility and took on new meaning from a diversity of interpretations. The purpose of this text is accepted depictions, implementations, creation, development, presence and functionality of social pedagogies as more prominent in some countries than in others. Such is the case of Spain and Colombia, countries separated by oceans and land borders, but situations and consolidated in educational expectations according to their specific needs and interests.