the teaching of pedagogy in Mexico

Abstract

This paper analyzes the way in which the education of the pedagogue in Mexico is characterized by the lack of a clear orientation. The approach to this situation is made through a characterization of the study plans of four universities; two of them offer a degree in Pedagogy and the other two offer a degree in Educational Sciences. The comparison is guided by the conjecture that within these subtly heterogeneous positions underlie what is understood by the work of the pedagogue and the graduate of Education Sciences. Specifically, in the case of careers in Pedagogy, two visions are drawn in which they are assumed, although in a somewhat confusing way: the precepts considered as derived from a tradition on pedagogy, at the same time that it was appreciated as a qualification for technical application of the necessary knowledge in the labor market. The exposed panorama, is supported especially in the interviews realized to investigators, educational and students assigned to different academic entities. An approach complemented by mentioning the topic of Normal Schools and the National Pedagogical University (UPN), institutions focused on basic education.