Critical Analysis of the School Curriculum in Chile Based on Social Justice

 

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Autor: Mujica-Johnson, Felipe Nicolás
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Descripción:School education in Chile is composed of a curriculum that essentially responds to a positivist approach, called pedagogy by objectives. Therefore, school children are classified according to their academic performance and are prepared to compete in different standardized tests, which are conditioned to economic stimuli and the opportunity to continue their studies in higher education. Given this situation, this essay aimed to critically analyze the learning objectives and the evaluation of the Chilean school curriculum in terms of the perspective of social justice. At the beginning of the analysis, the inadequate standardization of the curriculum is described since ambiguity characterizes the learning objectives, and in terms of summative evaluations, there are no clear ministerial guidelines. Thus, it is argued that this produces unequal competition among students, teachers, and different educational centers. However, it is identified that to continue standardizing the curriculum is not appropriate; instead, the school curriculum logic must make an epistemological turn towards a constructivist and sociocritical perspective. In this way, it will be possible to progress towards an emancipatory education that works for social justice.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
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Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/10159
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/10159
Palabra clave:Formal education
teaching
learning
positivism
curriculum evaluation
standardization
Educación formal
docencia
aprendizaje
positivismo
evaluación del currículo
estandarización.
Educação formal
ensino
aprendizado
avaliação curricular
padronização