The meeting with Dr. Walter Kohan took place in the context of the inauguration of the academic year of the degree, where university authorities, academics and students participated.

With the premise that in society there is a contradiction in what is said and done in the area of ​​early childhood education, the academic Walter Kohan, philosopher from the University of Buenos Aires and Doctor in Philosophy from the Universidad Iberoamericana de México , visited the University of La Serena to give a keynote talk to the students of Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education, in the context of the inauguration of the academic year of the degree.

In the activity, which was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Cristián Noemi, academics, students and special guests, the expert was emphatic in confirming that today, although there is a child protection policy, it remains a lot for early childhood education to be a priority and that, from that perspective, what can be done is to start talking about the topic, in spaces like those that the University of La Serena fosters.

“Childhood education is one of the most important in the world, although people do not realize it or do not want to believe it, and unfortunately since childhood is neglected and neglected, educational systems think that the most formed stages are the most important, But we neglect the lowest ones and even that has a lower economic reward, because people who work in early childhood education receive less, are less economically stimulated, and all of this reflects carelessness and inattention," said the philosopher.

Meeting with academics and talk

The expert also met with academics from the Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education career, where they were able to analyze the different scenarios through which early education goes, as well as learn about what the ULS does with students, where the work in equipment and knowledge of realities, not only in schools, but in facilities such as hospitals and penitentiaries.

Dr. Kohan ended his visit to the University with the exhibition called “Biopolitics, school and resistance: Childhood for teacher training.”

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom