Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex

In Mexico, 24 public and private universities –among them,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México- have an academic support program for indigenous students. It has been more than a decade since its beginning, which makes us reflect about the obstacles faced and its effectiveness to decrease povert...

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Main Author: Diana Castro Ricalde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2013-01-01
Series:Ra Ximhai
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Online Access:http://uaim.mx/webraximhai/Ej-26articulosPDF/05-DianaCastroRicalde.pdf
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spelling doaj-7dccbca1629645198ffcc0f37b54607c2020-11-25T01:18:11ZengUniversidad Autónoma Indígena de MéxicoRa Ximhai1665-04412013-01-01917598Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMexDiana Castro RicaldeIn Mexico, 24 public and private universities –among them,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México- have an academic support program for indigenous students. It has been more than a decade since its beginning, which makes us reflect about the obstacles faced and its effectiveness to decrease poverty or social vulnerability of this kind of groups due to education of their university students. Based on the acquired experience during the implementation of the program, it calls into question this attempt to make official the intercultural relationships through the higher education and this kind of support. At the same time it sparked off a debate in regard to the challenges that universities have to face up to design school models and plans of action focused on improve the quality of life of these disadvantaged sections of Mexican society. http://uaim.mx/webraximhai/Ej-26articulosPDF/05-DianaCastroRicalde.pdfIntercultural educationCompensatory educationDisadvantaged groups.
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Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex
Ra Ximhai
Intercultural education
Compensatory education
Disadvantaged groups.
author_facet Diana Castro Ricalde
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title Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex
title_short Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex
title_full Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex
title_fullStr Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex
title_full_unstemmed Institutionalizing intercultural education: The support program for indigenous students in the UAEMex
title_sort institutionalizing intercultural education: the support program for indigenous students in the uaemex
publisher Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
series Ra Ximhai
issn 1665-0441
publishDate 2013-01-01
description In Mexico, 24 public and private universities –among them,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México- have an academic support program for indigenous students. It has been more than a decade since its beginning, which makes us reflect about the obstacles faced and its effectiveness to decrease poverty or social vulnerability of this kind of groups due to education of their university students. Based on the acquired experience during the implementation of the program, it calls into question this attempt to make official the intercultural relationships through the higher education and this kind of support. At the same time it sparked off a debate in regard to the challenges that universities have to face up to design school models and plans of action focused on improve the quality of life of these disadvantaged sections of Mexican society.
topic Intercultural education
Compensatory education
Disadvantaged groups.
url http://uaim.mx/webraximhai/Ej-26articulosPDF/05-DianaCastroRicalde.pdf
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