The impact that the inclusion of sociology in high school curriculums caused within the school and in the social sciences has been evaluated from different perspectives: a) for, there is danger that sociology is not taught as science, but as a discourse ideological b) to another, the teaching of sociology should be conscientizing and transforming society, c) a third, emphasizes its character of scientific literacy in equipping students with theories and methods, leading them to the awareness of themselves and the world they live. Thinking middle school as a public space, the choice of one element goes beyond the personal convictions of the teacher, being guided by his responsibility as forming autonomous citizens.
Teaching Sociology; Ideology; Press. Scientific Literacy