Interculturality as a challenge for education in Ecuador

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Published: 2015-06-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17163/soph.n18.2015.08
Keywords:
Interculturality, multiculturality, intercultural education, Bilingual Intercultural Education, challenge, processes.

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Édison Francisco Higuera Aguirre
Néstor Castillo Mantuano

Abstract

This article treats the problem of interculturality and inter-cultural education in general and then, in particular, intercultural education within Ecuador. to arrive at this goal: (a) notions like pluriculturalty, multiculturality and interculturality will be described; (b) a concise presentation of the reality of interculturality will be given with an emphasis upon the intercultural reality within Ecuador; (c) the current laws that refer to intercultural education for Ecuador will be considered; (d) finally, a critical evaluation will be presented concerning the real possibility for the practice of interculturality in general, and of intercultural education within Ecuador, in particular.

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No. 18: (January-June 2015): Philosophy of Education in Plural: Interculturality
Section
Monographic articles

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Author Biographies

Édison Francisco Higuera Aguirre

Licenciado en Sagrada Teología por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Máster en Educación por la Universidad de Jaén. Magíster y PhD en Filosofía por la Pontificia Universidad Antonianum de Roma. Docente Agregado de la Carrera de Filosofía de la Facultad Eclesiástica de Ciencias Filosófico-Teológicas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador y Docente Auxiliar de la Carrera de Filosofía y Pedagogía de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador.

Néstor Castillo Mantuano

Estudiante de la Carrera de Filosofía y Pedagogía de la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana del Ecuador.