Intercultural education and literacy : an ethnographic study of indigenous knowledge and learning in the Peruvian Amazon / Sheila Aikman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aikman, Sheila.

Series:

Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 7.

Studies in written language and literacy, 0929-7324 ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mashco Indians--Education.

Mashco Indians.

Mashco Indians--Social conditions.

Multicultural education--Peru--Madre de Dios (Dept.).

Multicultural education.

Education, Bilingual--Peru--Madre de Dios (Dept.).

Education, Bilingual.

Mashco language--Study and teaching--Peru--Madre de Dios (Dept.).

Mashco language.

Mashco language--Writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Indigenous peoples around the world are calling for control over their education in order to reaffirm their identities and defend their rights. In Latin America the indigenous peoples, national governments and international organisations have identified intercultural education as a means of contributing to this process. The book investigates education for and by indigenous peoples and examines the relationship between theoretical and methodological developments and formal practice. An ethnographic study of the Arakmbut people of the Peruvian Amazon, provides a detailed example of the social, c

Contents:

INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND LITERACY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of Maps; List of Drawings by Thomas Arique; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Education for and by indigenous peoples; Chapter 3. The emergence of intercultural education in Peru; Chapter 4. The primary school in San José; Chapter 5. An Arakmbut perspective on schooling; Chapter 6. Arakmbut knowledge; Chapter 7. Arakmbut informal learning; Chapter 8. Bilingual education for language-maintenance; Chapter 9. Intercultural schooling; Chapter 10. Indigenous peoples' intercultural education

GlossaryList of Acronyms; References; Index; the series STUDIES IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-16292-6

9786612162923

90-272-9867-X

OCLC:

70765647