Intercultural and Inclusive Education in Latin America: Trajectories, Perspectives and Challenges
About this ebook
Key international authors contribute chapters on the history, status, and challenges of intercultural and inclusive education in a specific country or region in Latin America. Intercultural and Inclusive Education in Latin America: Trajectories, Perspectives and Challenges focuses on the history and advances in public policies, teaching practices, educational programs, as well as new methodologies and theoretical perspectives to understand the Latin American context and offer culturally appropriate alternatives to respond to old and emerging socio-educational needs.
Providing a unique convergence of multiple perspectives, this collection incorporates diverse epistemologies, research approaches, and intervention practices, across a variety of educational and social contexts in the Latin American region.
About the author
Silvia Romero-Contreras is Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico; former advisor to the National Project for Educational Integration in México and academic coordinator of the Inclusive Education Teacher Training Graduate Program in Paraguay.
Ismael García-Cedillo is Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He directed the National Project for Educational Integration in México and the Inclusive Education Teacher Training Graduate Program in Paraguay.
Luz María Moreno-Medrano is the Director of the Research Institute for Educational Development (INIDE) at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She is the Mexican coordinator of the international project of Schools as Learning Communities.
