Is citizenship enhanced by adding Social Sciences subjects to the school curriculum?

This study analyzes the curricular change in Ecuadorian secondary education, which was characterized by a strong emphasis on the area of ​​Social Sciences. This occurred in 2016 within what in South America was known as the political phenomenon of the "Pink Tide", under the government of this country calling itself: "Citizen Revolution", characterized by a populist patriotic discourse. Within this context, at first glance, this curricular change was outstanding in terms of strengthening the national identity, which is very weak in this country. Therefore, five years later this research works, by way of evaluation, reviewing the contents formulated by this curricular change, especially in the matter of "Education for Citizenship" to find what type of citizenship was inculcated and how close it was the content of the state-citizen discourse characterized by a populist discourse. This, complemented with the investigation of the results that this reform could have generated in the students, through interviews with several young people who were considered outstanding in their educational centers. Finally, it is important to mention that this study of a single case is the start of a comparative study of educational reforms and the teaching of citizenship in the South American countries that went through the governments of the "Pink Tide", characterized by a strong patriotic discourse.