Participación comunitaria y legislación en El Salvador. Análisis de la legislación identificada

Community participation has been considered strategic in order to achieve effectiveness in political, economical, social, educational and cultural change processes as a mean of guarantying effectiveness, quality and sustainability in social policy. Accordingly, this participation must be stimulated and promoted through national legislation since it has traditionally and historically been imposed and undemocratic. Education, as an essentially human act, is a first order instrument that societies must take advantage of in order to develop and stimulate democratic participation. Therefore, education may represent a new culture: one of democratic participation as a fundamental way to empower and develop a Peace culture.

Pedagogía, diversidad y lenguaje: develando los colores en miradas aprendientes

Recibido 26 de octubre de 2009 • Aceptado 02 de diciembre de 2009 • Corregido 17 de febrero de 2010 En el constante cambio que vivimos, la Pedagogía, en tanto ciencia de la educación, ciencia de la relacionalidad entre seres humanos, es el producto de acuerdos, de procesos comunicativos, procesos socioculturales entrelazados de forma compleja. La atención a la diversidad es una preocupación creciente en ambientes y sociedades plurales, y el lenguaje, como rasgo cultural permite describir nuestras circunstancias y reflexionar sobre ellas para comprenderlas, redimensionar el presente, valorar el pasado e imaginar el futuro. Si tenemos en cuenta que el habla es sólo una de las manifestaciones del lenguaje, si las diversas formas de expresión del cuerpo constituyen formas de lenguaje, se impone la necesidad de pensar cómo nos comunicamos en los procesos pedagógicos.

Integral Perspective of the Costa Rican Educational Development

The purpose of this essay is to raise the educational development that has been experienced in our country, outlining influential frames such as political, social, religious and economical ones. It aims to report statistical data as indicators of the development of our educational system, in areas of coverage, average education, repetition, desertion, among others. It is imperative to achieve changes and restructuring in our education system at all levels, from kindergarten to university, so it should take into account the contribution of all stakeholders in the education sector, as the human resource is valuable and all the innovative proposals should be heard, especially those that seek to build together and not ideas imposed that hinder the development of education in our country. Improvements must be necessary because there is an existing desire by many people of improving and achieving a true enrichment in our education.