1. Indigenous worldviews in intercultural education: teachers' construction of interculturalism in a bilingual Quechua-Spanish program.
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Valdiviezo, Laura Alicia
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INDIGENOUS peoples ,MULTICULTURAL education ,BILINGUAL teachers ,CULTURAL pluralism ,QUECHUA (South American people) ,MULTICULTURALISM ,GLOBAL studies - Abstract
This paper examines teachers' implementation of a bilingual intercultural education (BIE) program in Peru. This program is inspired by global policies that promote cultural pluralism and educational access to marginalized indigenous populations. Broadly addressed in policy in Andean countries, interculturalism in Peru has remained a core educational principle with a neglected pedagogy. The lack of preparation of BIE teachers in intercultural pedagogy has both forced and allowed them intuitively to make sense of interculturalism in practice. Based on an ethnographic study of BIE teachers, this paper discusses teachers' interpretations of interculturalism and of indigenous culture. The study aims to inform educators and policy-makers concerned with interculturalism about the challenges and possibilities of a pedagogy that affirms diversity and advocates quality education for all. Este articulo examina la implementacion del programa de educacion bilingue intercultural (EBI) en el Peru. EBI se inspira en politicas globales que promueven el pluralismo cultural y el acceso educativo de las poblaciones indigenas marginadas. Siendo parte de la politica nacional de distintos paises andinos, la interculturalidad en el Peru se ha mantenido como principio educativo con una pedagogia negada. La falta de preparacion profesional de los maestros en pedagogia intercultural ha forzado y a la vez permitido una interpretacion intuitiva de EBI en la practica. Basado en un estudio etnografico de maestros EBI, este articulo analiza las interpretaciones de los maestros sobre interculturalidad y la cultural indigena. Este estudio intenta informar a educadores y politicos interesados en la interculturalidad, sobre los retos y las posibilidades de una pedagogia que afirma la diversidad y que promueve una educacion de calidad para todos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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