Curricular autonomy in Basic Education in Mexico in the framework of a global pandemic

Abstract

This paper goal to document and share the principles of curricular autonomy, as well as its impact on the transformation of basic education in Mexico. Therefore, it is expected to contribute to the reflection of educational practice in the country, in the framework of a global pandemic, with which we are experiencing important social and economic changes. In the educational field, its effects have compromised the continuity of the academic activities of thousands of schools, education has been one of the sectors that has had to adapt to the demands of constant social, economic, political and technological changes, and this time it has not been the exception. From a qualitative approach through the collection and analysis of information about curricular autonomy and its incidence in the improvement of educational practice, it is considered that curricular autonomy can be a viable alternative to cover the educational needs of people, by offering spaces of development and learning that take into account the particular interests of each student, the above by making flexible not only the content but also the media, spaces and educational practice itself, expanding the development panorama available to each student.