La transversalidad: Mediación didáctica de la praxis curricular al contexto social

Abstract

Introduction: In the curricular field it is important to study the processes of curricular mainstreaming as part of the educational dynamics, in this sense. Objective: Analyze the integration of curricular mainstreaming in the study plan of the Institutions of Basic and Secondary Education. Methodology: Qualitative position, propositional research and field design. The units of analysis are classroom teachers, teaching directors and students from official institutions in Barranquilla, Colombia and the quality benchmarks of the Ministry of National Education-MEN. For the interpretation of the information, the content analysis is applied through a double column matrix that relates the oral interventions and validated instruments. Interpretive validity was granted from the qualitative triangulation between the information collected and the theory of support. Results and discussion: The students have an experiential and experiential knowledge of some contextual problems, which are of academic and social relevance; however, they are not integrated into teaching practice. Regarding curricular transversality, the teaching praxis is individual and fragmentary, educational institutions lack processes of inter and curricular transversality for the integration of contents that address the problems of the context and connect the school with life for the strengthening of educational quality and comprehensive training of learners. Conclusion: It is revealed that the transversal axes are essential for the development of the competences and the ethical life project of the students.