Educación (Oct 2017)
Community-based education: reflections on teacher education
Abstract
This article presents an analysis about teacher’s education possibilities regarding their professional context in elementary education. For this, a conceptual review about relationship between education and community is explained. In this analysis, the educational processes’ characteristics from this perspective are highlighted, as well as their implications. Subsequently, some guidelines about teacher’s education from this view are exposed and a systemic approach of education are presented taking into account educational factors inside and outside the school, as well as the teacher as an agent who learns permanently.