El trabajo aborda la compleja relación entre la selección cultural del currículum que sostiene los planes y programas de estudio y la naturaleza diversa de las sociedades donde se inserta. Siguiendo una aproximación cualitativa, analizamos los discursos de docentes de la Región Metropolitana, acerca de sus representaciones de lo político y la política y sobre la importancia del currículo y sus posibilidades para la atención a la diversidad desde la formación en ciudadanía. Los resultados indican falta de problematización de la diversidad en esta materia. Nuevos fenómenos contemporáneos, como la valoración de la formación ciudadana y la diversidad, exigen una mayor atención en los procesos de diseño curricular actuales para la convivencia democrática.

The article analyzes the complex relationship between cultural selection of curriculum and the diverse nature of the societies in which it is inserted. From a qualitative approach, we analyze the teachers’ discourses of the Metropolitan Region about their representations on the political issues and the Politics and on the importance of curriculum and its possibilities for the attention to the diversity from the formation in citizenship. Results show the lack of problematization of diversity in this area. New contemporary phenomena such as valuing diversity require greater attention in the current processes of curriculum design for democratic coexistence.

The article analyzes the complex relationship between cultural selection of curriculum and the diverse nature of the societies in which it is inserted. From a qualitative approach, we analyze the teachers’ discourses of the Metropolitan Region about their representations on the political issues and the Politics and on the importance of curriculum and its possibilities for the attention to the diversity from the formation in citizenship. Results show the lack of problematization of diversity in this area. New contemporary phenomena such as valuing diversity require greater attention in the current processes of curriculum design for democratic coexistence.