Contribution to Book
INTERCULTURALITY AGAINST THE MIRROR: A CRITIQUE FROM THE PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE
Intercultural Education: Critical Perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges and Promising Practices
(2020)
Abstract
Global initiatives promoting cultural pluralism and education access for Indigenous and minoritized populations in the world have helped define education policy in countries like Peru for decades. Intercultural bilingual education (IBE) constitutes part of national policy in different Andean countries with diverse implementation experiences. IBE defines cultural pluralism and education for Indigenous populations as a response to the need of furthering access to quality education using Indigenous languages, knowledges and cultural practices. This chapter builds on the experiences of intercultural education in Peru as interculturality becomes defined in Peruvian law and its subsequent implementation in Indigenous schools. The aim of this chapter is on analyzing IBE not only as pedagogic alternative for Indigenous communities, but also as an approach that considers the pedagogical and political implications of intercultural education beyond the Indigenous setting. The discussion centers on the critique of top down initiatives that attempt to tend to Indigenous sectors but leave major inequity issues still unaddressed in Peruvian society.
Keywords
- Intercultural Education,
- Bilingual Education,
- Quechua,
- Indigenous,
- Equity,
- Policy
Disciplines
Publication Date
2020
Editor
C. Pica, C. Veloria, and R. Manuela Contini
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers
ISBN
ISBN: 978-1-53616-929-4
Citation Information
Laura A. Valdiviezo. "INTERCULTURALITY AGAINST THE MIRROR: A CRITIQUE FROM THE PERUVIAN EXPERIENCE" Intercultural Education: Critical Perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges and Promising Practices (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/laura_valdiviezo/25/