The process of assimilation of Latin American critical thought: contributions from education and the philosophy of history

Abstract

The present article is the result of the research titled 'Latin American Critical Thinking in the Professional Training of the Master's in Education at the University of Nariño.' It focuses on the analysis of the integration of Latin American critical thinking, hereafter referred to as PC (from Spanish "Pensamiento Crítico"—Critical Thinking), with the purpose of contributing to the professional training of students. This qualitative and theoretical research is based on the critical thinking of Karl Marx and adopts a historical-hermeneutical approach.

For data collection, a documentary analysis of the dissertations of the students of the program was conducted, spanning the period from 2014 to 2022. In total, 109 dissertations were reviewed, categorized according to their approach. Those influenced by seminars on Historical Materialism, Education, Politics and Development, Hermeneutics, Critical Theory, Coloniality of Power and Knowledge, and History of Women in Latin America were singled out.

The results obtained showed that Latin American critical thinking, addressed in the Master in Education program at the University of Nariño, represents an attitude acquired through a meticulous process of study, both theoretical and of social reality. Additionally, it is noted that this integration must necessarily contribute to social transformation through organizational structure for its transcendence.