COMPETITION AND COOPERATION: SEARCHING FOR A BALANCE

Abstract

The paper analyzes the content of the messages that sees the purposes of the cooperative games as superior to the competitive games, especially when a transforming edu- cation regarding the human social values is proposed. To do so, the main ideas of the authors who have been dedicating themselves to the study of cooperative games were analyzed. In general, the arguments used stand out the values of cooperation to the detriment of com- petition, making responsible the competitive games upon the dissemination of non educative values. As result, there are rhetorical statements, no evidences or consistent theoretical proofs, a forced attempt of authors to legitimate the cooperative games in the expected education and to show its advantage on the competitive games