COLABORACIÓN EN RED Y FORMACIÓN CIUDADANA DESDE LA PERSPECTIVA DEL PROFESORADO ANDALUZ/Collaboration and citizenship education from the perspective of Andalusian teachers/Collaboration et éducation civique du point de vue des enseignants andalous

• Published in: Enseñanza & teaching Vol. 31; no. 2; p. 109
• Main Authors: Lozano, Juan Antonio Morales, Osuna, Julio Barroso, Gutiérrez, María Puig
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Salamanca Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Citizenship; Citizenship education; Collaboration; Educational Technology; Lifelong Learning; Networks; Questionnaires
• ISSN: 2386-3919; 2386-3927

From approaches to lifelong learning and core competencies, our aim is to determine how teachers from Andalusia assess the educational collaboration process and its influence on social and civic training. To accomplish this, we distributed an online questionnaire to all non-university schools of Andalusia through the institutional network, the number of teachers forming the sample being 766. The results show that although teachers value collaboration favourably and are willing to engage in educational projects and open up to the community, when the usual relations of collaboration are particularized a only moderate network of contacts emerges and such relations are of low intensity. About half of the participants are involved in networking and collaborative projects, with the support of information technology, and more than two thirds would be willing to participate in these initiatives focused on collaborative work. Regarding their needs for the development of social and civic processes, in first and second place respectively are the need for specialized training in competence and the availability of materials and resources. In third place their identification of the need for collaboration among members of the educational community and with civic organizations. In short, the importance of providing resources, materials and strategies to promote and facilitate the development of educational collaborative networks is paramount.