Educational Experience and Political Tolerance: Understanding the Relationship from the Analysis of a Sample of Peruvian University Students

• Main Authors: Lars Stojnic Chávez, Andrea Román Alfaro
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2016-06-01
• Series: Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social
• Subjects: democracia, ciudadanía, actitudes políticas, tolerancia política.
• Online Access: https://revistas.uam.es/riejs/article/view/4348

<p class="5Resumen">The fate of a democracy depends, in part, on the “intrinsic commitment of ordinary people with respect to various democratic principles” (Welzel &amp; Inglehart, 2009, p. 297). This article seeks to identify if having studied more semesters in university would be a factor of influence concerning higher levels of political tolerance or, if rather, the inclusion of a curricular proposal that explicitly addresses contents on citizenship and democracy would have a greater effect. The results indicate that a course oriented to question them about their citizenship exercise would have a positive and significant effect in their levels of political tolerance, as opposed to the number of accumulated academic semesters.</p>