Citizen Participation as a way to approach the Transforming action of the Primary School

Abstract

The transformation of the Primary School requires spaces where a constructivist, participative and popular education is offered, in which the critical, reflective and participative thinking of the students originates, in which the teacher fulfills the role of facilitator and promoter of the participation, as well as the participation of students, parents, and representatives. That is why the Citizen Participation allows the strengthening of the capacities of individuals, groups and organizations. However, at the Dolores González State Basic School, low levels of participation of parents, mothers and representatives in the teaching process and other pedagogical activities were evidenced. The general objective was based on generating a theory centered on citizen participation as a way to approach the transformative action of the School-Community integration. The epistemological approach of the study was located in the phenomenology and as a method the phenomenological was used, the techniques used were the in-depth interview and the observation. The key informants included four teachers and four parents and representatives. As fundamental findings it is appreciated that citizen participation from the school-community relationship is scarce, limited only to the administrative actions of the school, namely attendance at meetings, withdrawal of information slips. As recommendations are suggested, the involvement of the family to benefit the coexistence and a favorable socio-affective climate for the free integral development of the students.