Every year, almost a third of Spanish uni- versity students move to another province to pursue higher education, and many housing op- tions are available to them (halls of residence, shared apartments, student residences, etc.). From a pedagogical standpoint, the question of the formative potential of each of these spaces arises. Since their birth more than six centuries ago, Colegios Mayores (a special model of Span- ish halls of residence) have contributed signif- icantly to the development of Spanish higher education and to promoting culture. However, there has been little research into these edu- cational institutions, meaning that their great cultural and pedagogical legacy is unknown. The aim of this study is to analyse the educa- tional value of the Colegios Mayores as forma- tive settings where the educational function of the university remains alive. With this purpose, from a hermeneutic-interpretative approach, these centres are analysed from the perspec- tive of both liberal and character education. This work concludes that Colegios Mayores are formative spaces at the forefront of education that offer their students a setting with a pro- found university experience, where the search for truth, the synthesis of knowledge, the en- counter with tradition, and the formation of critical thinking are combined with opportuni- ties for the cultivation of virtue, thus achieving an authentic comprehensive formation.
Distintos fenómenos sociales relativos a la infancia y la juventud parecen cuestionar la capacidad de la escuela para crear significados comunes y garantizar la preparación de personas capaces de vivir en democracia. El objetivo de este artículo es demostrar que la transmisión cultural que se produce en el seno de la institución escolar es la base de los procesos de humanización que suceden en la escuela al fomentar en los alumnos la construcción de una identidad personal sólida, capaz de encontrar sentido a la propia vida y de comprometerse con la realidad social, cultural, política y económica de la que forma parte. Para ello, se exponen, en primer lugar, tres presiones a las que se encuentra sometida hoy la escuela para que, en aras del progreso, renuncie a la misión que le es propia y sucumba a la tentación de educar en el vacío cultural. A continuación, se defiende el valor de la escuela como generadora, a través de la cultura, de una realidad significativa, que permite hallar sentido a la propia vida y capacita para el encuentro y compromiso con los otros a través de la creación de significados comunes. Por último, se muestra cómo la escuela contribuye a la formación de tres dimensiones (narración, inteligibilidad y responsabilidad) necesarias para vivir en democracia. Como conclusión, se reclama la importancia de la reflexión teleológica como guía de la actuación educativa para resistir a una agenda que pone en riesgo la auténtica educación en libertad: la de la libertad que trasciende a la mera apetencia para comprometerse con el otro.
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