Educar para la transparencia y una ciudadanía informada: diseño, aplicación y evaluación del programa IRIS para alumnado de Bachillerato de la Región de Murcia (España)

In order to develop a validated model to teach key conceptsand values on the right to information and transparency to young people, the "IRIS" program was designed during the 2017-2018 academic year, which was applied as part of the "Philosophy" course of the First Year of High School students of six Secondary Education Institutes of five municipalities of the Region of Murcia. Its objectives were: a) Prepare and teach a Learning Unit on Transparency and Right to Information, in accordance with the standards of the Philosophy curriculum of the Region of Murcia. b) Identify initial perceptions of the students of the Region regarding concepts as Transparency and Open Government. c) Design a Contest on dissertations and videos on transparency and good governance, aimed at the students participating in the project. e) Evaluate results and identify recommendations to improve the program. After the evaluation we concluded that objectives had been achieved, and have proposed some recommendations to generalize and consolidate the acquisition of this citizen competence: a specific training plan for teachers, the inclusion of this standard on transparency in the autonomic curriculum, and that is necessary to develop a set of materials, texts and practical tasks to make easier the application to the teaching staff.