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Publication Date: 2025-Jun
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Communicative-Kvmecegeam Evaluation in Education within a Mapuche Context: Proposal of an Approach
Miguel Del Pino1; María Paz Vásquez Ramírez2
American Journal of Evaluation, v46 n2 p218-240 2025
The Communicative-Kvmecegeam evaluation approach in education is the result of extensive research and reflections within the Mapuche context in the south-central and southern regions of Chile. This approach is inspired by recognition and participation as dimensions to overcome socio-educational inequality seen in this context and is consistent with the transformative paradigm of evaluation. This approach first accounts for an educational evaluation based on territorial, cultural, social and linguistic components. Second, it integrates evaluation cycles that account for orientations, methodologies and participatory evaluation procedures with various people--teachers, family members, Elders--who offer their knowledge to guide the evaluation. Finally, the article presents some lessons learned to date, such as the transition from a traditional concept in evaluation to a more processual and formative one within the framework of social justice.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, American Indian Education, Equal Education, Social Differences, Barriers, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Social Justice, Geographic Regions, American Indian Languages, American Indian Culture
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Author Affiliations: 1Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM) y Centro de Investigación en Educación para la Justicia Social (Ciejus), Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile; 2Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile