Heritage education as a vehicle for the formation of citizens: Analysis if current educational legislation

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This paper presents the results obtained in an investigation of the role of heritage in current education regulations as a vehicle for the formation of citizens. The analysis was conducted on the Spanish state education regulations and their implementation in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia corresponding to the stages of pre-primary and primary education. A qualitative, descriptive-interpretative method was used. It was based on document analyses. To this end, a system of categories was prepared, organized into subcategories, variables and descriptors. From the results, there stands out the need to continue working on incorporating heritage into the formation of global citizens. For this, it is essential to build an integrated curriculum structured on the basis of "relevant socio-environmental problems

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