Resumen

CAREAGA, Adriana. The cultural heritage from the voices of the youth: A starting point for heritage education. Cuad. Investig. Educ. [online]. 2015, vol.6, n.2, pp.51-70. ISSN 1510-2432.

This research has as main objective to inquire about the concepts of cultural heritage in the young adolescents of the first cycle of Secondary Education from an educative proposal based on experiential learning called "After the lost wall" that includes a tour by the remnants of colonial fortifications with a musical workshop. The research was carried out during the years 2013 and 2014 in a cultural space of non-formal education located in the historic center of the capital that promotes heritage education. The workshop results, under the form of improvised poetry- with musical accompaniment are analyzed as well as written testimony voluntarily left on the board after the walk and observations made by the researcher. The interest of the research focused on elucidating the perceptions of young people about the cultural heritage and its relationship with the city in which they live, an unexplored approach in formal education. It presents the main theoretical notions of cultural heritage and achievements in education as well as a detailed route, paying special attention to the construction process of décima verses object of this study that are analyzed and categorized. Finally, conclusions are drawn about the importance of the right place of heritage education for society to become actively democratic and critical

Palabras clave : heritage; experiential learning; youth perceptions; heritage education.

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