Abstract

ALANIS JIMENEZ, José Francisco. Capabilities for agency in graduates at the telebachillerato comunitario (a Mexican high-school service). Sinéctica [online]. 2020, n.55, e1084.  Epub Jan 20, 2021. ISSN 2007-7033.  https://doi.org/10.31391/s2007-7033(2020)0055-005.

The main objective of this text is to review the cases of 25 pre-university graduates from the “telebachillerato comunitario” (community distance-high school), in Morelos State, in order to track their main non-academic learning accomplishments and describe their relevance in terms of agency, within a human development perspective. The method departs from a phenomenological perspective and then engages in a multiple case study with embedded units, according to Yin (2018)’s guidelines. Theoretical approach describes notions of agency and capabilities adapted to education, considering Sen (2019), Nussbaum (2012) and Appadurai (2013), while data analysis uses the thematic codification process proposed by Flick (2017). The conclusions highlight the importance of such learning to develop agency; they also provide a prospective view in order to further enhance the benefits of this high school educational service.

Keywords : community education; education and development; autonomy; experiential learning; personal transformation.

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