10/02/10: Artículo: Moral education and post-war societies

En el último número del Journal of Moral Education (JME) de Diciembre 2009 (Vol. 38, No. 4, Diciembre 2009, pp. 421–443), junto con Félix Reátegui publiqué un artículo sobre la educación moral y ciudadana en el Perú, titulado Moral education and post-war societies: the Peruvian case.

Puse la tabla de contenidos de ese número especial del JME en este enlace. Ojo: es un número completo dedicado a la educación moral en América Latina.

Y aquí está el abstract del artículo que escribimos Félix y yo:

This article analyses the unique challenges and needs of moral and citizenship education in postwar Peruvian society. It assumes the explanation of the roots, the facts and the enduring negative consequences of violence as described in the final report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) [Truth and Reconciliation Commission] presented to the country in 2003. Drawing on the argument made by the CVR, the paper begins by discussing the fundamental role that education played in the expansion of violence. Secondly, and within the framework of the CVR, the article undertakes an evaluation of the current state of Peruvian education, emphasising the role and main characteristics of moral and citizenship education within it. Through this examination, the many problems and challenges of moral education in contemporary Peruvian society are highlighted. Finally, the paper presents some general conclusions about the state of moral and citizenship education in Perú and the essential and delicate role it should have in a post-war society.