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- Title
ENSEÑANZA BÁSICA EN CHILE: LAS ESCUELAS QUE QUEREMOS.
- Authors
Gaete, Alfredo; Ayala, Cristián
- Abstract
This report presents the results of an opinion study carried out in June, 2013. Its central aim was to characterize the primary schools that citizens would like to have in Chile. A tendency was found to conceive of education quality as very dependent upon teacher quality; to prefer a unique, centralized curriculum (in charge of the Ministry of Education) over one developed at a local level; and to expect that primary education will provide a formative process orientated towards the holistic development of students, including such aspects as self-esteem, responsibility, and living together (which reveals a clear contrast between what citizens expect from our schools and what in fact happens in most of them, given the emphasis placed on the cognitive-intellectual aspects). We present different explanations for the citizens' preference for a unique, centralized curriculum, focusing on one that appeals to issues related to the construction of national identity. We also discuss the role of the citizens' voice in these matters as well as the evident gap that exists in certain areas between what people expect from, and what actually happens in, schools.
- Publication
Calidad en la Educación, 2015, Issue 42, p17
- ISSN
0717-4004
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4067/S0718-45652015000100002