Initial Teacher Education in Citizenship in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis of Six Countries

This document reports on a study of initial teacher education in citizenship education in Latin America undertaken as an initiative of the OREALC-UNESCO Regional Strategy on Teacher Policies. Its purpose is to examine citizenship education in the teacher education curricula of six countries in the region โ€“Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru โ€“ researching the general contents of the programs, their organization, and the topics covered, and analyzing teacher preparation in this crucial dimension of the formative experience provided.