Abstract
Purpose: The economic crisis highlights the importance of education as a driving force for change. Learning skills that provide the ability to access jobs that allow a good quality of life has taken a decisive role in the educational development of people. Therefore, schools must adapt to the needs of today's informational society in line with the objectives of Europe 2020. This article examines whether these needs are best answered on democratic management schools. Design/methodology/approach: It is analyzed three educative experiences from the compulsory and permanent education. To do it, it has been done eleventh communicative life stories to teachers and volunteers at these three schools managed democratically. Findings and Originality/value: Schools with democratic management are more permeable to the needs of citizens, as they include their voice in the process of teaching - learning . Therefore, there is a greater adaptation to future labor market needs, as currently contemplated in the European strategy. Social implications: The results of this study contribute to the open scientific debate centered in the relation between the model of school management and its impact on the future employment of people and therefore increasing democracy in the school management could generate greater possibilities to get better jobs. Originality/value: Putting the issue of democratic school management at the centre of the employability debate could make possible to move from partial solutions that do not improve the capabilities to find work, to global solutions that take into account the educational needs of the people involved.
Highlights
Putting the issue of democratic school management at the centre of the employability debate could make possible to move from partial solutions that do not improve the capabilities to find work, to global solutions that take into account the educational needs of the people involved
La participación democrática de todos los agentes educativos vehiculada a partir de las comisiones mixtas aporta a las personas participantes un aprendizaje de las competencias lingüísticas, pero también de las sociales y cívicas
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Summary
La estrategia Europa 2020 ha marcado cinco objetivos en materia de empleo, innovación, educación, integración social y clima/energía. Estos objetivos sólo se pueden conseguir si la educación se orienta a la consecución de las competencias necesarias que se requieren hoy día en la actual sociedad de la información. La educación se muestra como un motor de desarrollo en la sociedad capaz de dotar a las personas de los conocimientos necesarios para adquirir mejores empleos que aseguren una calidad de vida digna a la totalidad de la población. Para ello empezaremos indicando cuáles son las competencias necesarias para tener éxito dentro de la Sociedad de la Información para seguidamente argumentar cómo la escuela puede dar los conocimientos necesarios para estas competencias. A través del diálogo igualitario se superan las barreras –sociales, personales y económicas– iniciales consiguiendo un mejor aprendizaje para todos y todas y estando vinculado a las necesidades reales de la sociedad actual y del futuro. Se incluye un apartado de conclusiones donde se recogen las contribuciones finales
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