Abstract

BAILEY MORENO, Josefina; RODRIGUEZ BULNES, Ma. Guadalupe; FLORES FAHARA, Manuel  and  GONZALEZ RIVERA, Petra Eufracia. Contradictions and proposals for education in the knowledge society. sophia [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.2, pp.30-39. ISSN 1794-8932.  https://doi.org/10.18634/sophiaj.13v.2i.571.

Education in today’s society is seen as contradictory. On the one hand, as promoter of the development of lifelong learning skills, which brings with it changes in the way of teaching and learning, that is, in the transition from a teacher-centered teaching to a student-centered learning. On the other hand, as a consequence of globalization, it is promoted the design and development of competence-based curricula; the emphasis on academic performance and the search for effectiveness, which lead to control in educational management and its impact on the exercise of teaching. In this paper, we review from sociology and critical pedagogy the meaning of knowledge society and its relation to globalization as economic-political and ideological processes. The effects of these processes, as well as suggestions to face them, are examined, particularly in the university education area. Teaching proposals for the development of critical thinking and knowledge generation are highlighted; in addition, for teacher learning, there are proposed reflection and analysis of their educational beliefs as a way for professional development.

Keywords : knowledge society; teaching profession; democratization; teachers’ beliefs.

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