Vol. 24 No. 68 (2024): CURRENT LOOKS AT THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM

Varela Journal (https://revistavarela.uclv.edu.cu), a publication with a pedagogical profile, managed by the Faculty of Early Childhood Education of the Central University “Marta Abreu” de las Villas, is pleased to present to its readers and collaborators number 68 corresponding to the May-August 2024 stage, which will address the topic:

CURRENT LOOKS AT THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM

The world in which we live, characterized by the rapidity of its changes and the intensity of its interconnection and interdependence, poses new challenges and offers new opportunities for the search for sustainable social and human development. In these processes, learning occupies a central place, since it implies the effective acquisition of basic and transferable skills both for the world of work and for personal, civic and social life. Precisely, among these challenges, the educational curriculum stands out as a fundamental tool to achieve the transformations that are required in today's society.

The educational curriculum constitutes a set of interconnected aspects, conceptual, methodological and practical to offer students of different educational levels, appropriate academic training; It refers not only to the formal structure of study plans and programs, but to all aspects that involve the choice of content, its disposition, the needs of society, educational or didactic materials, available technology, among others. Hence the importance of curricular design, as an advance vision of the curriculum, which encompasses a decision-making process prior to its development.

Precisely, this issue offers in its MONOGRAPHIC section the possibility of sharing research, innovations and experiences of educational practice, in relation to the various views on the educational curriculum and curricular design, tempered with the new demands of today's society in order to achieve more just and equitable societies. Likewise, it shows in its RESEARCH IN EDUCATION section articles unrelated to the topic of the monograph, which express the results of scientific work from various aspects of the educational field.