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ERIC Number: ED581556
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jan-6
Pages: 232
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-1-78309-095-2
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Available Date: N/A
The Education of Indigenous Citizens in Latin America
Cortina, Regina, Ed.
Multilingual Matters
This groundbreaking volume describes unprecedented changes in education across Latin America, resulting from the endorsement of Indigenous peoples' rights through the development of intercultural bilingual education. The chapters evaluate the ways in which cultural and language differences are being used to create national policies that affirm the presence of Indigenous peoples and their cultures within Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala. Describing the collaboration between grassroots movements and transnational networks, the authors analyze how social change is taking place at the local and regional levels, and they present case studies that illuminate the expansion of intercultural bilingual education. This book is both a call to action for researchers, teachers, policy-makers and Indigenous leaders, and a primer for practitioners seeking to provide better learning opportunities for a diverse student body. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Indigenous Intercultural Bilingual Education in Latin America: Widening Gaps between Policy and Practice (Luis Enrique López); (2) Partnerships to Promote the Education of Indigenous Citizens (Regina Cortina); (3) Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Andes: Political Change, New Challenges and Future Directions (Bret Gustafson); (4) The Tension between Western and Indigenous Knowledge in Intercultural Bilingual Education in Ecuador (Carmen Martínez Novo); (5) Indigenous Students as Graduates of Higher Education Institutions in Mexico (Sylvia Schmelkes); (6) Beyond Cultural Recognition: Training Teachers for Intercultural Bilingual Education in Guatemala (María José Aragón); (7) Indigenous Leaders and the Challenges of Decolonization in Bolivia (Luz Jiménez Quispe); and (8) Political Discourse and School Practice in Multilingual Peru (Laura A. Valdiviezo).
Multilingual Matters. Available from: Channel View Publications Ltd. St. Nicholas House, 31-34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK. Tel: +44 117 3158562; Fax: +44 117 3158563; e-mail: info@channelviewpublications.com; Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; Guatemala
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