Educational opportunities of adolescent offender of law: Challenges and forecasts from its propensity to learn

The article describes the educational possibilities of a group of juvenile offenders referred to Alternative Outputs program, from its propensity to learn. Thus, we were interested in identifying patterns that integrate the propensity to learn of these young people, exploring the contexts where they tend to learn in order to reveal choices of cognitive modifiability that support social and educational reintegration. The study used content analysis, following the logic of the Grounded Theory and the Life Histories. In summary, we found that the propensity to learn shown by these adolescents would not be duly recognized and/or enhanced within formal learning contexts, emphasizing the need to rethink school through the generation of mediated learning experiences and creating active environments - modifiers, where curiosity, exploration, mediation of meaning and reciprocity are promoted. (C) 2014 Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid. Production by Elsevier Espaoa, S.L. All rights reserved.