University Education in an Indigenous Context: the Mapuche case in ChileThe article presents research results on the strengths and limitations of university teaching in an indigenous context, according to the voices of the teaching staff in Araucanía, Chile. The methodology is qualitative and uses grounded theory in conjunction with content analysis. The main results reveal an urgency to increase awareness and training among university teaching staff to articulate western and indigenous knowledge in professional training. We conclude that there is an urgent need to incorporate the intercultural educational approach in higher education to move past standardization in teaching processes from an intercultural epistemological pluralism.
Keywords
University Education; Higher Education; Intercultural Education; Interculturality; Indigenous
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Subtitle Note: Región de la Araucanía = Araucanía Region / Océano Pacífico = Pacific Ocean / Océano Atlantico = Atlantic Ocean / Región de la Araucanía = Araucanía Region / Región del Biobio = Biobío Region / Área de estudio = Study Area / Océano Pacífico = Pacific Ocean / Región de Los Ríos = Los Ríos Region / Leyenda = Legend / Limite comunal = Municipal border / Red vial principal = Primary road system / Centros poblados = Populated areas / Temuco = Temuco / Títulos de Merced = Ownership titles / Cuerpos de Agua = Water bodies / Escala = Scale. Source: Prepared by the authors with support from Arc GIS 10.4.
Subtitle Note: Enseñanza y Aprendizaje en contextos indígenas e interculturales = Teaching and learning in indigenous and intercultural contexts / Fortalezas de la enseñanza y aprendizaje = Strengths of teaching and learning / Apertura a la diversidad social y cultural = Openness to social and cultural diversity / Incorporación esporádica de lo indígena = Sporadic incorporation of indigenous aspects / Curso sobre interculturalidad UCT = Class on interculturality / Limitaciones de la enseñanza y aprendizaje = Limitations of teaching and learning / Incidencia del origen cultural = Incidence of cultural origin / Barreras de comunicación = Communication barriers / Falta bagaje cultural = Lack of cultural background / Descontextualización enseñanza = Decontextualization of teaching / Historia escolar de discriminación = History of school discrimination. Source: Prepared by the authors with support from Atlas 7.2 software.