La participación del alumnado en la vida del centro: una aproximación desde la comunidad educativa 1/Pupil participation in school life: an approach from the educational community

• Published in: Revista complutense de educación Vol. 27; no. 2; p. 437
• Main Authors: Rodríguez, Jordi L Coiduras, Bailón, M Àngels Balsells, Mora, Carles Alsinet, Monclús, Aida Urrea, García, Ignacio Guadix, Castell, Oscar Belmonte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Madrid Universidad Complutense de Madrid 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Children & youth; Childrens Rights; Citizenship; Educational Environment; Human rights; Moral education; Student Participation; Studies; Spain
• ISSN: 1130-2496; 1988-2793
• DOI: 10.5209/rev_RCED.2016.v27.n2.46353

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 1989) is currently the most ratified international treaty. Several authors have highlighted its potential for both a moral education and citizenship. However, paradoxically, different studies report its limited or occasional incorporation into school practices. This article explores experiences of participation in schools, the third P of the CRC, from the plurality of voices and actors of the educational community, by means of 14 discussion groups in 11 autonomous communities in Spain. Discourse analysis evidence low levels of student participation in school life. But, at the same time, a favorable educational environment for the development of projects that contribute to child participation is found, as well as for the incorporation of the CRC as a mover and a referential integrator of the different schools projects. However, it is also an educational background conductive to projects for its development, such as the incorporation of the CRC as a referential integrator of the schools projects.