Desafíos y oportunidades de la educación en derechos humanos: Una mirada desde la educación media en el contexto del departamento de Cundinamarca

Abstract

Recognizing that school is a scenario crossed by the realities of the social environment and that training in human rights is a pressing task in the Colombian context means assuming that education cannot be indifferent, on the contrary, it must participate intentionally and effectively in the understanding and transformation of these realities. In this sense, the purpose of this research was to build curricular guidelines in the face of the challenges and opportunities of Human Rights Education (hereinafter, HRE), at the secondary education level of public schools in the context of the municipality of Chía, Cundinamarca, to contribute to the formation of an intersubjective citizenship. The concern to understand the role of the school in HRE and how the educational policies that exist in this regard can contribute to school practices has led to seeking answers by approaching, on the one hand, HRE policies, and on the other. the other, to the narratives of the different educational actors involved, specifically at the secondary education level. The methodology that was applied for the scope of this research corresponds to the qualitative approach, to the extent that it sought to understand social phenomena; to the socio-critical paradigm, due to its emphasis on social transformation, and to the narrative method, since the stories of the participating subjects were addressed. The application of instruments and the analysis of the results allowed us to identify the challenges and opportunities of HRE, in terms of the conditions of the context and in terms of related educational policies, so that significant contributions could be made in the construction of curricular guidelines. related to HRE.