Pupil participation in school life: an approach from the educational community

  • Jordi Lluís Coiduras Rodríguez Universidad de Lleida
  • M. Àngels Balsells Bailón Universidad de Lleida
  • Carles Alsinet Mora Universidad de Lleida
  • Aida Urrea Monclús Universidad de Lleida
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RCED.2016.v27.n2.46353
Keywords: child participation, school experiences, Convention on the Rights of the Child, citizenship

Abstract

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 1989) is currently the most ratified international treaty. Several authors have highlighted its potential for both a moral education and citizenship. However, paradoxically, different studies report its limited or occasional incorporation into school practices. This article explores experiences of participation in schools,the third P of the CRC, from the plurality of voices and actors of the educational community,by means of 14 discussion groups in 11 autonomous communities in Spain. Discourse analysis evidence low levels of student participation in school life. But, at the same time, a favorable educational environment for the development of projects that contribute to child participation is found, as well as for the incorporation of the CRC as a mover and a referential integrator of the different schools projects. However, it is also an educational background conductive to projects for its development, such as the incorporation of the CRC as a referential integrator of the schools projects.

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Jordi Lluís Coiduras Rodríguez, Universidad de Lleida

Doctor en Psicopedagía. Profesor de tecnologías aplicadas a la educación y herramientas telemáticas para la docència en los grados de Educación infantil, primaria y en màster. Investigador del grupo COMPETECS (Competencias, Tecnología, Educación y Sociedad) de la Universidad de Lleida y del Centro de Investigación sobre Intervención Educativa de la U. de Sherbrooke en Canadá. Sus líneas de investigación estàn relacionades con la formación en derechos, la formación en alternancia y las tecnologies aplicades a la educación.

 

 

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Published
2015-10-20
How to Cite
Coiduras Rodríguez J. L., Balsells Bailón M. À., Alsinet Mora C. y Urrea Monclús A. (2015). Pupil participation in school life: an approach from the educational community. Revista Complutense de Educación, 27(2), 437-456. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RCED.2016.v27.n2.46353
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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2016)
Section
Investigaciones y estudios

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