COVID-19 crisis reinforces systemic inequalities in the Intercultural Bilingual System in Ecuador

The COVID-19 crisis exposed historic inequalities of the education system, especially for the rural and indigenous sectors in Ecuador. This study analyses the impact of the strategies designed to mitigate COVID-19’s effects in Achuar education. The study used an autobiographic-narrative method incor...

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Autores: Oñate, María Gabriela, Cañas, David
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Ecuador
Recursos:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Educación
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/1568
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/ree/article/view/1568
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Intercultural Bilingual Education
Interculturality
Achuar
COVID-19
Educación Intercultural Bilingüe
Interculturalidad
Descrição
Resumo:The COVID-19 crisis exposed historic inequalities of the education system, especially for the rural and indigenous sectors in Ecuador. This study analyses the impact of the strategies designed to mitigate COVID-19’s effects in Achuar education. The study used an autobiographic-narrative method incorporating participant observation and non-structured interviews. It was conducted from March to June 2020 in the Achuar Community Saapap, located in Morona Santiago Province. The schools in the area adopted distance education to replace online education from urban areas. This modality reinforces historic disadvantages for indigenous children as it requires independent learning without appropriate resources and in foreign languages escalating coloniality of knowing and being.