El patrimonio en la Educación Secundaria. Resultados de un proyecto de investigación en la ciudad de Elche, Alicante

Abstract

Based on a brief reflection on the concept of heritage, this article approaches the uses that this concept has within the educational field. Taking as a sample several centers of secondary education in the city of Elche –which has three World Heritage Sites that have been recognized by UNESCO-, and through a method of investigation based in the semistructured interview, this research tries to approach the reality of the classrooms with the aim of analyzing how heritage knowledge is transmitted within the educational field. The results show that the "heritage education" is something hardly visible in high schools, and the final discussion focuses on the debate about the need to “educate in heritage”, concluding that this can be positive for students, since this type of education can help them to better understand the context in which they live in