%0 Journal Article
%T Chilean University Students¡¯ Call for Participation and Engagement in What Matters to Them: Is It Possible to Achieve a Shared Decision Making Process in Education Policy?
%A Paulina Bravo
%A Baltica Cabieses
%J Creative Education
%P 1031-1033
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2012.326155
%X Chile is facing one of its major intellectual revolutions in the last century: organised high school, college and university students have led the most salient educational reform since the one that took place during the dictatorship period. This phenomenon is a pacific revolution based on the power of sound, evidence-based, clear and robust ideas. The purpose of this short essay is to reflect some ideas on the conceptualisation of a shared decision making (SDM) process and how they could be transferred to the current students¡¯ educational revolution in Chile. It provides a reflection on how SDM might concretely contribute to this educational reform and on what future steps could be taken to truly achieves a ¡°participatory¡± democracy in Chile. According to the authors, this debate illustrates the extent to which the level of participation must rely not on particular individuals but on the establishment of a partnership between parties.
%K Higher Education
%K Revolution
%K Democracy
%K Chile
%K Shared Decision Making Process
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=23575