A critical review citizen competences as an official paradigm of political education in Colombia

Abstract

A critical analysis of the official proposal of the Colombian State on political education based on the formation of citizen competencies is presented. This is done a brief account of political education in Colombia, then this proposal is analyzed in the context of the global context, to finally present some conclusions on the need to move forward, not only in the formation of citizens from school , but in the transformation of schools into truly democratic scenarios.