A society transformed by science and technology requires competent citizens who can handle different scientific and technical knowledge. The purpose of this article is to reflect, from the STS perspective, on the social need for the treatment of citizenship education in Pre-university Education students. A non-experimental methodology was used, with an exploratory-descriptive scope, using empirical methods such as the survey and the interview. Eight teachers and 30 students of the 11th grade belonging to the IPU: “Roberto Ramírez Delgado” of the municipality of Niquero participated. The results obtained demonstrate the need to prepare individuals capable of assuming the challenges of society, the realization of new scientific research related to citizenship training and social change lies in introducing a model and a pedagogical strategy structured in phases, directions, and actions to concretize the theoretical postulates that propitiate an adequate social behavior.

Ante los desafíos sociales existentes, el nivel Preuniversitario posee el reto de formar estudiantes acordes con el momento histórico determinado. Siguiendo esta idea, se realizó un diagnóstico el cual reveló insuficiencias en el comportamiento social de los estudiantes de acuerdo con las exigencias sociales y al Modelo del Preuniversitario en cuanto a la formación ciudadana. De ahí que se realiza el presente artículo, cuyo objetivo es la elaboración de un modelo de formación ciudadana que propicie el trabajo educativo desde las actividades docentes, extradocentes y extraescolares; para lograr el correcto desempeño ciudadano en los estudiantes del nivel educativo Preuniversitario. PALABRAS CLAVE: formación ciudadana; modelo pedagógico; estudiantes Pedagogical model of citizenship education in students of the pre-university educational level ABSTRACT Given the existing social challenges, the Pre-university level has the challenge of training students according to the specific historical moment. Following this idea, a diagnosis was made which revealed insufficiencies in the social behavior of the students, according to social demands and the Pre-university Model in regarding civic education. Hence, this article is carried out, whose objective is the elaboration of a citizen training model that promotes educational work from teaching, extra-teaching and extracurricular activities; to achieve the correct citizen performance in the students at the pre-university educational level. KEYWORDS: citizen training; pedagogical model; students.