La Formación Inicial del Profesorado y la Educación para la Ciudadanía: Representaciones Sociales, Diseño de Clases y Prácticas de Enseñanza

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research on social representations about citizenship education in a group of students teacher of social studies who were in the final year of training, time in doing the practicum. The work revealed the representations and tracked as they are reflected in the design of the classes and teaching practices. The research was conducted with 50 students in a degree in a public university in Colombia. In the process there was a proposal for training in education for citizenship. Research shows that social representations are heterogeneous and reflected differently in the design and teaching practices, and in some cases show the existence of contradictions, continuities and ruptures. The article concludes with some suggestions and proposing ideas for discussion.