TRENDS IN EDUCATION
Foreward ADRIANA PUIGGRÓS
Adriana Puiggrós has a Degree of Science in Education and a PhD in Pedagogy. She was Secretary of Education of the Ministry of Education of Argentina. Previously, she held various positions in public management, among which the following stand out: Constituent Conventional, Deputy of the Nation, General Director of Culture and Education of the Province of Buenos Aires, among others.
School systems are facing great challenges, which are unprecedented in their previous two centuries of history. Among others, it is worth highlighting the effects of the deterioration of the environment and the emergence of powerful new actors in the field of education, such as those dedicated to its commercialization. Both situations are causing institutional, pedagogical and labor disturbances, among many others. It is essential to examine these in detail in order to understand the depth of the changes that are taking place so as to make political-educational decisions in the face of the immediate events and to plan strategies for the medium term. In this regard, it is worth taking into consideration the research carried out by the trade unions of education workers, who are directly affected in their working conditions, their professional field and their social rights. Environmental groups and scientists have warned about the possibility of an environmental catastrophe, just as important international agreements have tried to limit the expansion of public and private policy within the framework of neoliberal capitalism. These policies endanger not only the quality of life on earth, but also its very existence. The COVID-19 pandemic came before countries complied with the measures that had been agreed upon and before their populations became aware of the problem threatening them, before educational policies could fully address the environmental issue (beyond, of course, environmental educational experiences and the struggle of teachers against pollution that directly affects many schools in the region).
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