Criticism of the idea of childhood and educational project in the public policies of Colombia

Abstract

This article explores the meaning of national and international guidelines on childhood and their relation with educational projects in Colombia. A qualitative study was carried out using documentary, descriptive and analytical approaches. The methodology used was semantic content analysis, while the population consisted of official documents that have the purpose of providing guidelines for the formulation of public policies in Colombia and Latin America. The conclusion of the researchers was that childhood is only considered as an investment strategy that contributes to a country's economic development in the future, an investment for which the return comes when these children reach adulthood. Subsequently, the idea of childhood development is based on an instrumental educational proposal that is associated with a neoliberal logic based on human capital.