Intercultural education and management of the diversity of indigenous regions in Mexico: The situation of higher education

The creation of intercultural universities in Mexico in 2000 is part of a public policy aiming to offer culturally appropriate education for indigenous peoples. This has been part of a response to the demands which arose during the 1990’s from various organizations and claiming structural reforms wh...

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Autor: Mendoza Zuany, Rosa Guadalupe
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62003
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/62003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Intercultural education
intercultural universities
educational policies.
Educación intercultural
universidades interculturales
políticas educativas.
Descrição
Resumo:The creation of intercultural universities in Mexico in 2000 is part of a public policy aiming to offer culturally appropriate education for indigenous peoples. This has been part of a response to the demands which arose during the 1990’s from various organizations and claiming structural reforms which would help to lessen inequalities and recognize diversity, and specifically for the educational sphere. This paper deals with legislation and public policies to manage diversity in education and analyzes these public policies as an answer as far as higher education is concerned: affirmative action and intercultural education, focusing mainly on the second one.