Potentiating factors of civic, patriotic and intercultural values in basic teaching

Abstract

In order to determine which factors contribute to the empowerment of what is ours by children in the context of Social Sciences in Basic Education, a bibliographic review study was carried out, systematized through the methods of content analysis. Among the main findings, it was determined that among these factors the literature points to interactive methodologies, the effectiveness of intercultural education, curricular relevance and teacher training. In this empowerment, interactive methodologies aimed at teaching and learning from an integrative and interdisciplinary vision, of active participation, cooperation and collaboration in the collective construction of knowledge, transversalized by intercultural knowledge and civic, patriotic and ethical values ​​promote cognitive development, procedural and attitudinal of the student as a contribution to the achievement of national identity. Likewise, the effectiveness of intercultural education, based on the recognition and overcoming of the old colonial power structures, is based on the construction of a new educational-epistemological and social reality; that demands a new type of mentality for social actors, the school being the main one in charge of carrying out this endeavor; which requires the improvement of the curriculum of Social Sciences to achieve its relevance and with it the integral development of the individual. Context in which ethical teacher training based on the principles of intercultural education, citizenship and democracy takes on a unique role as it is in charge of implementing the curriculum, methodologies and intercultural education.