The respect for the human rights of the indigenous peoples in the school curricula of Panchimalco

Abstract

El Salvador´s endoculturation processes have undergone different breakups throughout the country´s history, nonetheless, in the past recent years the state and a few social groups have achieved to position the acknowledgment and respect towards the rights of the indigenous peoples within the national agenda. The analysis of the national curricula and the student behavior in the teaching-learning process allows for an understanding of whether there is a true national effort for the revitalization of those cultural elements and the rights of the Native peoples. This research introduces an overview of the situation as seen from the perspective of a theoretical approach in terms of the role of education as well as from the viewpoint of cultural experts and the junior high school principals, faculty, and students in Panchimalco.

Entorno, octubre 2017, número 64: 65-71