Ethnomathematics and bilingual intercultural education in Latin America.

Abstract

La mayor?a de los Estados Latinoamericanos ha asumido dentro de sus pol?ticas p?blicas a la Educaci?n Intercultural Biling?e (EIB), modelo que tiene como finalidad formar a los escolares de los pueblos originarios y grupos sociales minoritarios, en el contexto de dos culturas distintas. Inicialmente, la EIB solo se orient? a la formaci?n en comunicaci?n ling??stica desde una perspectiva intercultural. En la actualidad, el ?mbito de acci?n aborda tambi?n la formaci?n escolar intercultural en el ?rea de ciencias, y dentro de ellas, las matem?ticas. El ejercicio del derecho a la Educaci?n Matem?tica de los pueblos originarios y grupos minoritarios promueve el desarrollo de la Etnomatem?tica en la EIB. El presente estudio propone conocer la pertinencia cultural de los curr?culos nacionales de Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala y Per? en el ?rea de matem?ticas, tomando en cuenta las perspectivas hist?rica, social y pol?tica, demostr?ndose la necesidad de recurrir a diversas disciplinas para dar soluci?n a problemas en educaci?n matem?tica.Most Latin American states have adopted Bilingual Intercultural Education (BIE) within their public policies, which is a model that aims to educate students from indigenous peoples and minority social groups, in the context of two different cultures. Initially, the BIE only focused on the formation of linguistic communication from an intercultural perspective. Currently, we also work on intercultural school education in the area of science, and within them, in mathematics. The exercise of the right to Mathematical Education of indigenous peoples and minority groups promoted the development of Ethnomathematics in conjunction with BIE. While demonstrating the need to draw upon various disciplines to solve problems in Mathematics Education, this study aims to raise awareness of the cultural relevance of the national curricula of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru in the area of mathematics while taking into account historical, social and political perspectives