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.2013 - Volumen 6, Número 2
 
     

Building democratic convivencia in schools. Reflections for its reconceptualization

 
Patricia Carbajal Padilla
.Abstract
 

Democratic convivencia is an untheorized and emergent field from which there is scarce evidence in relation to its implementation in classrooms and schools. The purpose of this article is to contribute to this discussion. The paper has two sections. In the first, the author discusses the conceptual foundations that are inferred from the different perspectives and programs that deal with school convivencia, and locates them within the larger field of curriculum studies. The author identifies two different perspectives on convivencia: a) a narrow approach, which shares characteristics with social-efficiency curriculum theories and which is more oriented towards peacekeeping; and b) a broader approach, democratic convivencia, which has been mainly nurtured by the theoretical contributions of John Dewey and Paulo Freire. Taking as platform these valuable contributions, the author argues that democratic convivencia needs to be reconceptualised from a social justice education perspective in order to recognize and include students’ diversity. Therefore, in contrast to the narrow approach to conviviencia, democratic convivencia is framed under the concept called peacebuilding. In the second section of the article, the author presents some examples of pedagogical practices based on democratic convivencia. For that purpose, the author draws on conflict resolution education theories and equity pedagogies.

.Key words
 

Democratic convivencia, Education for citizenship and democracy, Conflict resolution, Peace education, Quality education, School violence.

 
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Carbajal, P. (2013). Convivencia democrática en las escuelas. Apuntes para una reconceptualización. Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluación Educativa, 6(2), 13-35.
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