Abstract

VERGARA, Edgar Mario et al. Practices for democratic formation at school: ¿Utopia, or reality?. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.1, pp.227-253. ISSN 1692-715X.

This article is the product of a research realized to graduate as a Magister of Education and Human Development, of Cinde and Manizales University alliance, realized along 2009 with students and professors of various education institutions of Colombia. We searched on the impact of practices and institutional mechanisms of formation for democracy, oriented by domestic education legislation for promotion and participation of young individuals. We collected information through a semi-structured interview applied to all subjects participating in the study. Using resulting information we undertook a way of comprehension and interpretation of concepts and practices of professors and students on formation in democratic participation. For analysis of texts we used a hermeneutic approach, we established relationships, recurrences, contrasts and trends; and interpreted texts. Some of the trends found enabled us to configure analysis categories: 1. Vision of young individuals in front of participation in school environment; 2. Conceptions on formation for juvenile democratic participation of professors; 3. The school as an scenary for juvenile participation; 4. Pedagogic practice as an opportunity or a barrier for democratic participation; and 5. Mechanisms of democratic participation in school environment. Each category may be read and an independent unit, although any type of reflexive coincidence may be identified in it; the group considered as pertinent to provide the researcher with autonomy to interpret information; which experience allowed us a diverse reflexive richness.

Keywords : School; juvenile participation; formation for democracy; mechanisms for democratic participation; democratic practices; power.

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