The school council of Instituto Nacional (José Miguel Carrera) from a perspective of curricular deliberation

Abstract

The constitution of a school council, authority that legally has an informative, propositional and consultative role, is compulsory since 2004. However, in a context of strong social pressure regarding educational changes, in 2013 the city council of Santiago commune determined to grant an operative character to the school councils of the municipality in three out of six points established by the law as of curricular importance. This inquiry leads to the analysis of the school council from Instituto Nacional José Miguel Carrera (CEIN) and its dynamics in the setting of the curriculum with the purpose of revealing if it is constituted in a democratic setting of dialogue and curricular deliberation. The presence of councilors with different interests, practices and hierarchies or the establishment of CEIN as a policy “from above” allow to discuss about the conditions of deliberation in the framework of this organization.