Child Participation to Build Citizenship and to Transform the School Territory in a Global World

Ana Castro-Zubizarreta (), José M. Osoro Sierra, Adelina Calvo-Salvador and Carlos Rodríguez-Hoyos
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Ana Castro-Zubizarreta: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda/ Los Castros S/N, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain
José M. Osoro Sierra: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda/ Los Castros S/N, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Adelina Calvo-Salvador: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda/ Los Castros S/N, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Carlos Rodríguez-Hoyos: Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda/ Los Castros S/N, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: This article presents a participatory research project developed in a school in Cantabria (Spain) that has sought to enhance the participation of the educational community to transform the school. The article focuses on the analysis of the contributions of the students (children from 3 to 12 years of age), key agents and promoters of change. Pedagogical documentation has been used as a tool to narrate the development of this research and to encourage subsequent reflection. The students have experienced what it means to participate, to listen, to be listened to, to feel recognised and to exert influence in their own lives. The results go beyond mere changes in the configuration and use of spaces. The project has made it possible to think of the school as a forum for citizen participation, favouring the experience of a democratic school, the development of otherness, the feeling of belonging and the experience of community.

Keywords: childhood; school space; documentation; participatory research; Reggio Emilia approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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