Proposals for citizenship development in Latin America: learning in action

GVIRTZ, SILVINA ; LARRONDO, MARINA; MAYER LILIANA

Nissem Global Briefs, vol. II:Educating for the social, the emotional and the sustainable: Pedagogy, practice and materials

Nissem

Lugar: Londres ; Año: 2020; p. 132 - 147

The article puts forward proposals for the development of citizenship in Latin American school systems at the secondary level, with special emphasis on the Argentinian context. These proposals take as reference Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 4.7, framed in the 2030 Agenda, which establishes that educational institutions must develop competencies and knowledge in students related to participation, empathy and life in inclusive, socially and culturally diverse societies. In these processes the central place of the school in the development of citizens is recognized, both in the present and in the future.Although the SDGs are global, they present different challenges depending on the region and country. Based on this, we address possible conditions for developing significant learning in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean (LAC) and take a theoretical approach to the concept of participation. In particular, we distinguish between the theoretical knowledge necessary to develop participatory capacities in the educational community and thelearning that must be done through practices known as ?learning by doing?. In this process, we list the difficulties and limitations that educational agents face in promoting school and student participation. In particular, we address the case of Argentina as an example of current participatory instances, their advantages and disadvantages.Following this diagnosis, the article gives a central place to the development of 10 focal points that, from our perspective, can facilitate and reconvert participatory school spaces, from which more democratic and inclusive schools ? and societies ? might emerge