La construcción del concepto de democracia en la escuela a partir de la interpretación de las obras de John Dewey

Abstract

The concept of democracy has had different interpretations over time. However, each society according to its context, conceptions and needs makes a practical application of this social process and in the same way, within the school, several methodologies have been found to be able to teach it, apply it and train students in order to allow them to develop in a society where the conception of choosing and being chosen is reduced to a limited group and determined by a space of time relative to each place. The elements that are part of democracy in the school as proposed by John Dewey contribute to the development of the student as an individual and to their formation as a citizen from the school context based on participation in the school through different spaces proposed by teachers or students in order to strengthen the knowledge, skills and abilities so that they can get on in the context they are in and in this way become critical citizens and aware of the responsibility that political and democratic participation in the society entails, so that it must be accompanied by values, rights and duties.