WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND BY HERITAGE? CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL AGENTS AND STUDENTS OF THE CITY OF VALPARAÍSO.

Abstract

The research presented is aimed at “Recognizing the conception that the different actors of the teaching-learning process (teachers, school directors, cultural manager, in charge of the cultural council) have on what is the heritage and its characteristics.” All this in order to establish a diagnosis about the conceptions of the different actors of the teaching-learning process and determine in this way if there is ambiguity, diversity or lack of depth in it, in order to recognize the state of teaching the In a methodology perspective, the use of the mixed method of research was chosen, with a non-probabilistic sample of 450 students of second cycle of basic education of the city of Valparaiso, distributed in the typology of dependence that Owns the country, plus 6 interviews to teachers and 6 to school directors.
In general terms, the data collected indicate that the speeches of teachers and school directors have a heritage and identity value and, on the other hand, cultural managers (in charge of the Culture Council and in charge of Museum) have a Holistic vision linked to the multi-dimensionality present in the concept. Diversity in terms of depth and conceptual description directly influences the conceptions of the stu-dents of the city.