(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2010) Lenoir, Yves; Klein, Julie Thompson
This article examines education policy on curricular integration and interdisciplinary
practices in primary and secondary education (K-11) in Colombia. It presents an overview of
institutional and teachers’ discourses and practices concerning this subject, based on empirical
work that was done in Bogotá. Finally, it presents a cooperative research project undertaken
by 16 schools and a university that aimed to transform the curriculum with interdisciplinary
projects focused on local issues. The conclusion reached is that, despite the complexity inherent
in these kinds of projects, it is possible to mobilize people and use knowledge to transform the
school, giving it new meaning and enriching its ties to its surroundings and the world.