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It does not aim to strengthen the
teaching of the official subject Cul-
which faces its own challenges, such
as the mismatch between teacher
training and curricular expectations
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seeks to enhance classroom teaching
methods across all curricular sub-
jects.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Currently, the Ecuadorian Ministry
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education system. The drop is even
more significant when compared
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dents over the past five years.
This drop is not only a conse-
quence of the pandemic, but also of
subsequent events, including the cu-
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low-income families and marginalized
urban areas—especially in Ecuador’s
coastal region, where student num-
In terms of teaching staff, the
Ecuadorian system comprises
private educational institutions. In
Guayas province, one of the areas
most affected by the above-mentio-
ned challenges, enrollment dropped
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These statistics must be con-
textualized within broader national
issues (post-pandemic recovery, se-
curity crisis), as any methodological
The teaching–learning process is
a complex task involving individuals
who think, feel, love, and interact with
one another, with their environment,
and nature. These are complex beings
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mensionality must be understood at
biological, psychological, social, emo-
tional, and other levels. This comple-
xity demands that teacher training
move beyond reductionist approa-
ches and embrace holistic perspecti-
ves capable of responding to the ra-
Educators must understand this
human constitution, beginning with
self-awareness as part of that inte-
raction, in order to grasp the person–
process relationship and ultimately
transform learning environments into
welcoming spaces for those who in-
transformation requires active tea-
ching and learning methods that cen-
ter on the learner and acknowledge
their unity within multiplicity.
In the Ecuadorian context, this rea-
lity is exacerbated by historical gaps in
teacher training, where traditional mo-
dels still prevail, — models that priori-
tize content delivery over the develop-
ment of critical and alternative thinking
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purpose of this research was to design
a teacher training proposal for Ecua-
dorian schools that considers the lear-
ner’s unity-in-multiplicity, emphasizing
interdisciplinary dialogue and the need
to move beyond the instrumentalist
view of education. The proposal pla-
ces art and its fields of knowledge in
dialogue with other disciplines—not
merely as a tool, but as a dialogic me-
thodological framework.
INTRODUCTION