Abstract
Education for consumption from a critical perspective is a serious issue that needs to be studied and worked on by all members of the educational society. This work raises two objectives. On the one hand, to carry out an analysis of the current society in terms of consumption. In today’s Western society, the consumption of goods has become a factor of integration in society and has been established as the key to access the first-order world. The logic of the consumer´s market has been established in Western education creating a consumer pedagogy. On the other hand, it is intended to justify the need for a critical pedagogy for consumption as a pedagogical model aimed at making children and young people economically literate by promoting critical thinking and strengthening the public educational system for an adequate and equitable individual and social development. Regarding the method, this work has been carried out from the perspective and critical analysis of educational and social theories that address consumption and its consequences for the 21st century society. As a result, the approach of constructing and critically defending the school and education is presented through coordinated actions between students and teachers that achieve the empowerment to be critical, reflective and socially responsible. Conclusion is that educating for responsible consumption requires the commitment of the entire educational community in order to achieve social change.
Consumerism; Education for consumption; School; Critical pedagogy