Self-determination as a way to promote human development based on diversity of educational contexts

In the context of the PhD in Humanities, Humanism and Person of the University of San Buenaventura, in the emphasis of psychology on self-determination and human development, segregation and exclusion as underlying phenomena in the school that restrict the possibilities of students to achieve a full human development, are a reason for study. This article proposes to present a theoretical approach to self-determination considered as a psychological dimension that contributes to a humanistic vision of development in educational contexts, under the consideration of diversity and otherness as consubstantial elements to the person. The exhibition concludes that self-determination allows children an understanding of free and voluntary human action as a process to build roads that lead to human development and to participate in a full life, so that human dignity prevails in their lives. actions and decisions