“They don’t tell it”: Indigenous social studies teachers in postconflict Guatemala

Authors

  • Beth Cara Rubin Rutgers University

Keywords:

social studies, policy, postconflict education, citizenship

Abstract

This analysis considers the complex ways that attempts to create a liberal, democratic Guatemalan national identity through policy-driven curricular reform were taken up, engaged with, contested and transformed at the local level by indigenous social studies teachers. While post-conflict education initiatives aimed at civic reconstruction proliferate globally, this investigation draws on qualitative data collected in a vareity of school settings to provide insight into the complexities of moving from policy to practice, highlighting the significant part played by social studies teachers in this process. 

 

Author Biography

Beth Cara Rubin, Rutgers University

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education; Director, Social Studies Education; Co-Director, Urban Teaching Fellows

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Published

2016-05-28

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