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Publication Date: 2004-Nov
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Globalisation and Local Indigenous Education in Mexico
Reinke, Leanne
International Review of Education, v50 n5-6 p483-496 Nov 2004
Globalisation is often viewed as a threat to cultural and linguistic diversity and therefore is a central concern of educational practices and policy. The present study challenges this common view by demonstrating that local communities can use global means to support and enhance their specific practices and policies. An historical exploration of education policy in Mexico reveals that there has been a continuing struggle by indigenous peoples to maintain locally relevant modes of teaching. Indigenous peoples have increasingly used technology to maintain their languages and local cultural practices. Such accentuation of the local in a global context is exemplified by the people of Chiapas: They live in subsistence-type communities, yet their recent education movements and appeals to international solidarity (such as in the Zapatista rebellion) have employed computer-aided technologies.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Indigenous Populations, Global Approach, Cultural Differences, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Information Technology, Culturally Relevant Education, Language Maintenance
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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