Patrimonio mundial e innovación docente para la formación del profesorado: el caso de Madrid, “Paisaje de la Luz”

Abstract

The recent declaration of the “Landscape of Light. Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro. Landscape of Arts and Sciences” of Madrid as World Heritage by UNESCO (July 25, 2021) has meant the highest institutional recognition of this emblematic space of the Spanish capital. An acknowledgment that, undoubtedly, will have important socioeconomic repercussions and, perhaps, also urban and other repercussions. For this, we have developed a didactic proposal based on cooperative learning and the work of itineraries, which has been partially implemented (pilot test) among the students of the Mas-ter's Degree in Teacher Training for Secondary School, taught at the Universidad Complutense of Ma-drid. His approach delves into the analysis and critical commentary of this urban environment, from its past at the dawn of the Modern Age to the present (green spaces, public monuments, museums, and other cultural institutions; economic activities; pollution rates and urban mobility…). And its goal is to promote reflection on the educational potential of this World Heritage and subsequent educational action.