Chilean University Students’ Call for Participation and Engagement in What Matters to Them: Is It Possible to Achieve a Shared Decision Making Process in Education Policy?

Paulina Bravo, Baltica Cabieses

Faculty of Medicine, Universidad del Desarrollo Chile, Santiago, Chile.
School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2012.326155                

Abstract

Chile is facing one of its major intellectual revolutions in the last century: organised high school, college and university students have led the most salient educational reform since the one that took place during the dictatorship period. This phenomenon is a pacific revolution based on the power of sound, evidence-based, clear and robust ideas. The purpose of this short essay is to reflect some ideas on the conceptualisation of a shared decision making (SDM) process and how they could be transferred to the current students’ educational revolution in Chile. It provides a reflection on how SDM might concretely contribute to this educational reform and on what future steps could be taken to truly achieves a “participatory” democracy in Chile. According to the authors, this debate illustrates the extent to which the level of participation must rely not on particular individuals but on the establishment of a partnership between parties.

Keywords

Higher Education; Revolution; Democracy; Chile; Shared Decision Making Process

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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