Evidencias del vínculo entre sentimientos morales y educación para la paz desde narrativas sobre la niñez media

Abstract

This research was presented as an opportunity to listen and give awareness to stories that invite us to think about the armed conflict and Peace Education from the voices of middle childhood and in relation to moral emotions. Therefore, the objective consisted in investigating how the concepts of moral emotions and Peace Education are articulated from the perspective of this population group. In this sense, narratives were studied as places of enunciation of children's voices and content analysis was applied as the means to interpret them. First, childhood was proposed from an approach that recognizes it as a life experience and as an opportunity to learn from novelty. In addition, moral emotions were presented recognizing their social and contextual dimension, and it was advocated a Peace Education reconfigured by and for the victims. Afterwards, a content analysis model was built and applied, which articulated these theoretical categories with evidence that could be identified in the five selected stories, and which are part of the book "Los niños piensan la paz" and the project "Mi historia: la niñez que peleó la guerra en Colombia”. Through the model, it was possible to identify evidence that reaffirms the need to involve children as an active population in the processes of Peace Education, both as recipient and active agents. Indeed, through their own experiences, it is possible to think of a Peace Education that allows them to give an account of their experiences and feelings, while it facilitates directing them towards the attention of the same damages and acts of violence that they have experienced.