Educational Experience and Political Tolerance: Understanding the Relationship from the Analysis of a Sample of Peruvian University Students

<p class="5Resumen">The fate of a democracy depends, in part, on the “intrinsic commitment of ordinary people with respect to various democratic principles” (Welzel &amp; Inglehart, 2009, p. 297). This article seeks to identify if having studied more semesters in university would...

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Main Authors: Lars Stojnic Chávez, Andrea Román Alfaro
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2016-06-01
Series:Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social
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Online Access:https://revistas.uam.es/riejs/article/view/4348
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Summary:<p class="5Resumen">The fate of a democracy depends, in part, on the “intrinsic commitment of ordinary people with respect to various democratic principles” (Welzel &amp; Inglehart, 2009, p. 297). This article seeks to identify if having studied more semesters in university would be a factor of influence concerning higher levels of political tolerance or, if rather, the inclusion of a curricular proposal that explicitly addresses contents on citizenship and democracy would have a greater effect. The results indicate that a course oriented to question them about their citizenship exercise would have a positive and significant effect in their levels of political tolerance, as opposed to the number of accumulated academic semesters.</p>
ISSN:2254-3139