Curricularizing Conflict for Constructive Democratic Peacebuilding Pedagogies in Initial Teacher Education: A Chilean Perspective
CIDEC-CTL CO-SPONSORED SEMINAR
“Curricularizing Conflict for Constructive Democratic Peacebuilding Pedagogies in Initial Teacher Education: A Chilean Perspectiveâ€
Dr. Alicia Zamorano-Vargas
Dr. Gabriel Villalón-Gálvez
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
3:15PM – 4:45PM (EST)
In-Person, 7-105 & Online Via Zoom
Chair: Dr. Kathy Bickmore (CTL/CIDE)
In the world and in Chile, democracy is in danger. In this scenario, the school must become a space where political education is developed to strengthen democracy and to teach children and young people that this system of government is not a given but a political project in constant construction and reconstruction. In this session, we present the foundations of a proposal to strengthen democracy education in schools through the curricularization of conflict. First, we present the characteristics and requirements of conflict education. Then, we describe the characteristics and processes to consider in constructing a design for the 'curricularization' of conflict for teaching democracy embedded in subject area lessons in elementary schools and in teacher education. A paper on this work, in English, is forthcoming in the 2025 book, Constructive Conflict Pedagogies for Democratic Peace: Teaching Strategies from Around the World. Another paper on related work, in Spanish, is available at .
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Dr. Alicia Zamorano-Vargas
Alicia Zamorano-Vargas studied mathematics education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and completed a PhD in Mathematics Education at de Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She is Professor in the Departamento de Estudios Pedagógicos in the Facultad de FilosofÃa y Humanidades Universidad de Chile. Her research extends to the frameworks for critical mathematics education, and she is interested in what kind of democracy is taught (explicitly or implicitly) during mathematics classes at school. She leads a federally funded research project titled “Mathematics Education and Democratic Education: Teachers' Ideas and Teaching Practices.â€
Dr. Gabriel Villalón-Gálvez
Gabriel Villalón-Gálvez is a History teacher with PhD in Social Studies Education (History, Geography and Citizenship Education) from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. He is Professor in the Departamento de Estudios Pedagógicos in the Facultad de FilosofÃa y Humanidades, Universidad de Chile. His research interests lie in citizenship education, history and social studies education, and curriculum. He is particularly interested in studying citizenship knowledge transmitted by schools in curriculum and History teaching. In addition, he studies teaching conflict pedagogies in History and Social Studies education. He leads a federally funded research project titled “Citizenship Transmitted in History Class.â€
