Competència social i ciutadana. Aprendre a ser persona, a conviure amb els altres i a habitar el món

Abstract

Social and civic competencies: learning to be a person, to live with others and to inhabit the world. Within the context of a global society, education policies promote the training of democratic citizenship through education. Nevertheless, the development of social and civic competencies, together with the implementation of the subject Education for Citizenship (EfC) at different educational stages, stirs up the already classic debate about the aim of education: excellence versus equity. Both the democratic deficit and the social concern about antisocial behaviour among youths point to the urgent need to promote values of democratic coexistence in schools. But this education for a new citizenship requires all educational agents to go from being spectators to actors, with an ability to affect and transform their own context. Thus, developing the EfC curriculum is not enough. Although social and civic competencies are relevant, opportunities to implement democracy inside and outside the classroom also need to exist. For this reason, teaching-learning methods and assessment activities should lead to the creation of scenarios of participation, where learning by doing is possible.