Discursos docentes sobre la formación de ciudadanía en contextos rurales. El caso de Ixhuatlán del Café, Veracruz

This article develops an analysis of the discourse of primary education teachers to clarify how they give meaning to citizenship education in rural contexts in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The discussion is based on a research project carried out between 2022 and 2024, using participant observation and qualitative interviews in schools with different characteristics and teachers with diverse profiles and professional trajectories. The text presents, firstly, the construction of the research problem, emphasizing some features of current rural contexts. Subsequently, the theoretical and methodological aspects are detailed, emphasizing the selection of the educational communities participating in the study. The most extensive section is the presentation and discussion of findings. It shows similarities and differences in teachers' discourse based on aspects such as their background and training; it also addresses the importance teachers place on contextual knowledge, the school-family-community relationship, and their own role as teachers and citizens.