Citizenship Education in Higher Education as a Support for Democracy and Educational Quality

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to support the need to address citizenship education as a transversal axis in the integral or holistic training of the professionals of today, contributing to human development for peaceful and democratic coexistence, promoting the construction of citizens with ethical values, respectful of the common good and the public sphere. The method used consisted of argumentative criticism based on documentary analysis, considering the approach to the problem (introduction), the development (arguments) and the conclusions that have been inferred. The results and conclusions were that the development of citizenship competencies should be addressed throughout the different curricular experiences or subjects of a given professional career, creating spaces for learning experiences with the purpose of forming integral professionals: probity, commitment to social reality, strengthening and consolidation of democracy, professionals capable of transcending technocratic pragmatism, interested in participating in politics with ethical solvency, capable of building social relations marked by respect for the individual, equality, a sense of justice and the common good.