Social transformation in the Degree in Pedagogy of the University of the Basque Country. Student’s opinion

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the opinion of the students of the Degree in Pedagogy at the University of the Basque Country (EHU) about the presence of «social transformation» in the degree. The results indicate that students consider that the importance of social transformation in the degree is not enough, and that it is only superficially worked on; furthermore, as the grade progresses, the presence of this topic loses weight. There is no critical reflection on the roles and functions of pedagogues, no political analysis is made, the contents are not related to the specific problems of society, critical and radical approaches are little worked on, and the keys of critical pedagogies are not applied… The values that would be necessary for transformation are not worked on, and as the degree progresses, the values that predominate in society, individualism and competitiveness, prevail.