Democratic processes at school: conceptions and tensions

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study carried
out with the interest of determining the conceptions
and tensions of democratic processes in school, this
study was focused on the students of basic secondary
school of Sede 2 El Aposento of the Municipality of
La Cruz. Taking into account the objectives of the
research, the methodological approach was qualitative
and the interpretation was carried out in the light of
hermeneutics. Specifically, the focus group interview
and the Q-sort method were used. In addition, it was
supported by grounded theory, which is the support
of the qualitative analysis software ATLAS.ti, used for
this study. Finally, it is determined from this research
that the students’ conceptions and tensions about
the democratic processes at school are hindering the
correct experience of democracy and participation due
to the absence of real spaces that promote it, the vertical
relationship between teachers and students, the scarce
democratic training and the insufficient interest that the
students give to it.