Education for development in the Spanish school: analysis of a transformative experience in compulsory secondary education

Abstract

We present the study of the process of design, implementation, and results of educational action entitled "Education for development and social transformation in ESO: an opportunity for change", aimed at teachers, researchers, and/or people interested in Education for Development (EpD), and transformative methodologies. Its main objectives are: to offer tools to integrate the EpD in the official curriculum of the educational system in Spanish and to facilitate replicability of the subject experience at the national level. The study is part of the research "Including Education for Development in the ESO Curriculum: Promoting a Model of Critical Citizenship and Social Empowerment in the Face of the New Challenges of the Climate Emergency, poverty and Inequalities, exacerbated by COVID-19" (2020UE004). Among other results, highlight the creation of an EpD area in the participating educational centers, betting on the figure of the coordinator of it generating processes of social impact, led by the students.