HERITAGE EDUCATION AND INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE RESCUE AND CONSERVATION OF SCHOOL HERITAGE

ABSTRACT

The present article presents possible ways to approach heritage education in Initial Teacher Training based on the revision of the curriculum of the subject Pedagogía en Lengua Castellana y Comunicación, of Universidad Católica del Maule, considering the creation of a historical archive in a primary school in Talca City (Maule región, Chile). The work of conservation, archival, historical research, and digitalization of documents of the establishment meant the incorporation of a group of university students, whose participation has aroused a rich and interesting reflection on the need to incorporate notions of heritage education in university teacher training. The inclusion of the students would ensure an integral education for students, who, as citizens, could preserve and value this heritage, and teach others to appreciate it, both as a community and social experience.

KEYWORDS:
heritage education; initial teacher training; school archives; school-university relationship; curriculum