Abstract

The paper introduces a methodological proposal to teach bioethics relying on the lifelong education model called pedagogy of problematization. The general methodology and its main sources at the global and the Latin American level are presented. It describes the basic educative model, its goals and its differences with the Problem Based Learning model. The requirements necessary to implement this methodology in relation to a broad approach of bioethics including social, environmental and global bioethics and not only biomedical ethics are presented. It is argued that this methodology represents a way of teaching bioethics from a broad perspective and targeting an interdisciplinary and diverse audience. Most important, the reflection-action model of education here proposed aims at a change of attitude in adult students and at transforming the reality into which the ethical problems emerge. After introducing this model, the paper, provides an account of the framework from which the Lifelong Learning Program in Bioethics in Latin America and the Caribbean has been developed, and how to use the tools necessary for making use of this methodology in a distance e-learning platform targeting adults. Finally, some of the main results of using this platform during its 10 years of existence are presented and it is showed that through this platform it has been possible involve almost 2000 participants from 26 countries in LAC.