Las representaciones sociales de los problemas contemporáneos en estudiantes de magisterio de Educación Primaria

First, the study proposes to know the social representations of the trainee teachers on the social contemporary problems. Secondly, it seeks to identify the curricular significance of the education of the social problems in Primary Education. An educational experience was implemented in which the participants should have proposed iconographic historical, social or naturalistic narratives. These students also had to give proof of its educational relevance for the construction of the social knowledge in Primary Education. The results report of the identification of social relevant, recognizable problems in the most next social context, and of the concretion of its structuring importance in the curriculum of Primary Education. Nevertheless, the traditional educational proposals are still prevalent in the social representations of the trainee teachers. Key words: "Social problems"; "social studies"; "social representations"; "initial teacher training"; "Primary Education".