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- Eddier Martínez
- Jorge Celis
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Este documento presenta los resultados de analizar las expectativas y percepciones que padres de familia y docentes tienen sobre las funciones sociales y educativas de la educación media. Para tal fin, se conformaron 32 grupos focales en los departamentos de Sucre y Antioquia en el 2015. Padres de familia y docentes mencionan que la educación media debe preparar a los estudiantes para ingresar al mercado de trabajo, aunque también afirman que los debe formar para el ingreso a la educación superior. De ahí la importancia de que exista un balance entre las competencias generales y las laborales. Cuestionan también la duración de dos anos de la educación media. Consideran que la duración debería ser de tres anos, pues dos anos no son suficientes para que los estudiantes puedan tomar decisiones sobre su vida adulta. Algunos participantes en los grupos focales abogan por que la educación media esté más articulada con la educación superior mediante cursos que puedan ser ofrecidos por instituciones de educación superior y, posteriormente, reconocidos como parte del programa que cursen los estudiantes una vez ingresen a la educación superior. ***** This paper shows the results derived from the analysis done over parents’ and teachers’ expectations and perceptions on the social and educative functions of upper-secondary education. To this end, 32 focus groups were done in Sucre and Antioquia Departments in 2015. Parents and teachers say that upper-secondary education has the function of preparing students for the labor market, albeit it provides students with skills to access higher education. Consequentially, it is important that there exists a balance between generic and labor-oriented market skills. Parents and teachers consider that the length of upper-secondary education should be three years, since two years are not enough in order students to make decisions over their life as adults. Some participants in the focus groups mention that upper-secondary education should be more articulated with higher education by means of courses offered by higher education institutions. These courses could be recognized as part of bachelor program when students finally access higher education.
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