The Importance of Civic Education and Democracy in Free Textbooks in Mexico, 1959-2018

This article explores Mexico's education policy since 1959 with the aim of observing the relative importance of civic education and analyzing the democratic content of the free official textbooks under the following thematic categories: democracy, conflict, limited authority, and citizen respon...

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Autores: Inclán Oseguera, Silvia, León Rojo, Marco Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/76048
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/76048
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:civic education
democracy
Mexico
civism
free textbooks.
México
civismo
democracia
libros de texto gratuitos.
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Sumario:This article explores Mexico's education policy since 1959 with the aim of observing the relative importance of civic education and analyzing the democratic content of the free official textbooks under the following thematic categories: democracy, conflict, limited authority, and citizen responsibility. The analysis finds low relative importance and scarce democratic contents up until 2009-2012, an emphasis on developing abilities and the inclusion of ethical principles with little articulation and vision as well as lack of exercises and practice since 2012.