Schooling and identity: A qualitative analysis of self-portrait drawings of young indigenous people from Chiapas, Mexico

One of the features associated with schooling and formal education is their decontextualized nature, a characteristic that has been related to the advancement of logical abstract thinking. The aim of this study was to compare and contrast selfportraits through the graphical representations and verba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Esteban Guitart, Moisès, Monreal i Bosch, Pilar, Perera, Santiago, Bastiani Gómez, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/13382
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/13382
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alfabetització -- Mèxic -- Chiapas
Identitat (Psicologia) -- Mèxic -- Chiapas
Indis de Mèxic -- Educació -- Mèxic -- Chiapas
Literacy -- Mexico -- Chiapas
Identity (Psychology) -- Mexico -- Chiapas
Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Chiapas
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Sumario:One of the features associated with schooling and formal education is their decontextualized nature, a characteristic that has been related to the advancement of logical abstract thinking. The aim of this study was to compare and contrast selfportraits through the graphical representations and verbal explanations made by young indigenous people from the Altos de Chiapas with different educational levels ranging from primary school to university. Participants were of the same age. The results show the abstract nature (as opposed to the concrete character) of some of the self-portraits made by the group of university students and the prevalence of individual aspects (rather than social contextual factors) especially within this same group