O papel da educação para o desenvolvimento da responsabilidade social e dos direitos humanos

Abstract

The study presented here aimed, through a bibliographic review, to understand the context in which the education we know today was built, what its predominant influences are, and how they connect with 21st-century schools. It concludes that the school and prevailing education in the 21st century is still rooted in the ideas and values of the Industrial Revolution, imparting a strong capitalist bias, and that it is not possible to anticipate the desired and necessary social change without first updating the foundational principles guiding education. Thus, it is evident that change needs to occur especially in the foundations that shape the idea of education and schooling. For something truly new to emerge, it is necessary to move away from the certainties that have underpinned the last two centuries of academic and social production with a strong capitalist bias, driven by European territories, and to move closer to the indigenous concept of Well-Being and a loving ethics. These concepts could help guide new foundations for a humanizing education that promotes good practices in human rights and aids in the formation of citizens better equipped to assume their socio-environmental responsibilities.