Student Mobilization as an Opportunity to Revitalize Public Education in the Critical Pedagogy Perspective and Transformational Leadership

Abstract

This article focuses on the problem of student conflict in high schools in the Santiago commune, investigating the possible causes of expressions of demand and violence, especially after the promulgation of Law 21.128/2018 “The Safe Clasroom”. Especially, it explores the consequences and complexities of these phenomena in public education of municipal supporter and in the role of school leaders before them. From the foregoing, it is analyzed how such educational scenarios can, from the implementation of Transformational Learning processes and curricular perspectives of Critical Pedagogy, find connection with the interests of students in order to convert educational landscapes under tension, in participating school communities and in relevant guarantors of the Right to Education.