La educación para la paz como competencia docente: aportes al sistema educativo

Abstract

Academic training on the subject of education for peace is to integrate education's social competencies for life within a pertinent and efficient conceptual framework - as opposed to the current faction that fights violence. This implies to perfect new personal competencies. To achieve this, the following research question has been stated: How to educate for a peace culture that generates appropriate learning atmospheres for students? The object of study was defined as "the teaching actions for a pacifist culture", and the action field included education for peace, human rights and emotional intelligence. The research was methodologically linked to the participatory socio-critic paradigm. The research was done with 36 teachers from the General Management Office of Industrial Technology Education (Dirección General de Educación Tecnológica Industrial, DGETI) of Durango, Mexico the Durango Technological Institute (Instituto Tecnológico de Durango) and the National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional).