Abstract

GONZALEZ-VALENCIA, Gustavo A.  and  SANTISTEBAN-FERNANDEZ, Antoni. Civic Education in Colombia: Between Tradition and Transformation. educ.educ. [online]. 2016, vol.19, n.1, pp.89-102. ISSN 0123-1294.  https://doi.org/10.5294/edu.2016.19.1.5.

Civic education is one of the central aspects of compulsory education in Colombia. The social sciences have an important responsibility. However, their presence in the curriculum usually responds to political interests, but rarely to genuine social needs. Perhaps this is why there have been repeated changes in the way civics are taught. The article offers several considerations on how civic education has been shaped in Colombia. It also looks at what student teachers think about this type of education and what happens in practice teaching.

Keywords : Civic education; citizenship; basic education; teacher training; practice teaching.

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