This work highlights the importance of heritage education as a vehicle for citizen education. We present an analysis of concepts of heritage, citizenship, and territory held by third-year social science students. The results are obtained from statistical analysis of a questionnaire given before and after a didactic intervention and the application of a table of categories drawn up based on heritage education in terms of the parameters we consider desirable, from a holistic, socio-critical, motivating, and participatory perspective. The outcomes show the success of the intervention, with the students presenting better reflective and critical knowledge of their environment, showing appreciation, respect, protection, and dissemination of heritage as a symbol of identity and favoring the commitment to sustainable actions.

Son muchas las investigaciones que resaltan la importancia de incluir el patrimonio en la educación como elemento identitario de la sociedad. El presente trabajo se asienta sobre la base de una educación patrimonial caracterizada por la imbricación plena del patrimonio en el sistema educativo. Entendemos que la educación patrimonial promueve la adquisición de competencias relativas a la madurez emocional del alumnado y favorece el desarrollo integral del mismo. Por otro lado, se parte de la importancia del estudio del patrimonio para entender el territorio de forma que se promuevan acciones hacia su desarrollo desde el prisma de la sostenibilidad. Elaboramos, por tanto, una base conceptual en la que educación patrimonial, inteligencia territorial y emocional se integran con la finalidad de elaborar propuestas educativas enriquecedoras y adaptadas a las necesidades sociales actuales.

This paper presents the results of an investigation related to the EPITEC research project, which is funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain. For the investigation, let’s take as case study the International Museum and the music library of Bologna, example of good educational practices. Through various techniques of information collection, such as interviews, observation records and material analysis; We analyze through a complex table of categories, the Atlas.ti computer program and a double triangulation system, how is the school-museum relationship. The analyzed data reveal that the school-museum interaction, and the didactic potential of the activities that are recognized, respond to a good quality of the educational practices that are made in this museum.

We present the results of an investigation framed in the R&D project “Controversial Heritage for the eco-social formation of citizenship. An investigation of heritage education in regulated education (EPITEC2)”, reference PID2020-116662GB-100, which describes a didactic experience carried out in the 3rd year of ESO Social Sciences at the IES Galeón, located in Isla Cristina (Huelva, Spain). The general objective is to determine how the acquisition of socio-emotional skills occurs in secondary school students from a didactic proposal based on heritage education. This project, to favor meaningful learning in its methodological application, connects the curricular contents around economic sectors with the educational programs offered by museums. Data was collected from classroom recordings, non-participant observation, research diaries, and focus groups. To ensure the accuracy of the results, we applied a double triangulation system once the information was categorized through the Atlas.ti program. The results show, mainly, that heritage education is an effective didactic tool for the development of socio-emotional skills such as empathy skills, personal autonomy or self-knowledge and communication skills that contribute to the formation of a more committed and responsible citizenry in the face of the challenges of today's society.

RESUMEN El estudio muestra el análisis de una experiencia de enseñanza en Ciencias Sociales que parte de la necesidad de reconectar al estudiante con su entorno social, cultural y natural utilizando el patrimonio como símbolo de identidad. El objetivo es educar hacia el abordaje de las actuales necesidades y desafíos del desarrollo planetario, creando conexiones identitarias entre personas y entornos. Partiendo del paradigma cualitativo, mediante cuestionarios, observaciones y análisis de proyectos del alumnado se obtiene información que se analiza mediante un sistema de categorías. Los resultados evidencian cómo propuestas de educación patrimonial favorecen la creación de vínculos de identidad que propician una formación ciudadana crítica, reflexiva y comprometida con su territorio y comunidad.