Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico
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Resumo: | Accountability policies are meant to improve educational quality; yet, too often, they interfere with quality instruction, including bilingual instruction. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic work in a multigrade Indigenous preschool in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, I describe how Elisa, the teacher, principal and janitor, navigated demanding administrative tasks while implementing different governmental programs, placing on her a significant bureaucratic burden. Also, this led her to shift her attention from a culture of teaching-learning accountability to a culture of bureaucratic accountability. This study shows that early childhood education in Indigenous communities in Mexico depends on the astuteness and preparedness of frontline workers, such as teachers and school supervisors, as they keenly navigate the culture of bureaucratic accountability that governmental policies impose, while trying not to sacrifice an accountability to their own responsibility to the learners. |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in MexicoCulturas de Responsabilização em Educação Infantil no MéxicoIndigenous EducationEarly Childhood EducationLanguage PolicyBureaucracyMexico.Educação indígenaEducação InfantilPolítica de LinguagemBurocraciaMéxico.Accountability policies are meant to improve educational quality; yet, too often, they interfere with quality instruction, including bilingual instruction. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic work in a multigrade Indigenous preschool in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, I describe how Elisa, the teacher, principal and janitor, navigated demanding administrative tasks while implementing different governmental programs, placing on her a significant bureaucratic burden. Also, this led her to shift her attention from a culture of teaching-learning accountability to a culture of bureaucratic accountability. This study shows that early childhood education in Indigenous communities in Mexico depends on the astuteness and preparedness of frontline workers, such as teachers and school supervisors, as they keenly navigate the culture of bureaucratic accountability that governmental policies impose, while trying not to sacrifice an accountability to their own responsibility to the learners.As políticas de responsabilização têm o objetivo de melhorar a qualidade educacional; porém, muitas vezes, interferem na qualidade da educação, inclusive na educação bilíngue. Com base em dezoito meses de trabalho etnográfico em uma pré-escola indígena multisseriada na península de Yucatán, no México, descrevo como Elisa, professora, diretora e zeladora, cumpria as exigentes tarefas administrativas enquanto implementava diferentes programas governamentais que impunham sobre ela uma significativa carga burocrática. Isto também a levava a deslocar sua atenção de uma cultura de responsabilização por ensino-aprendizagem para uma cultura de responsabilização burocrática. Este estudo mostra que a educação infantil em comunidades indígenas no México depende da perspicácia e da preparação de trabalhadores da linha de frente, como professores e supervisores escolares, pois cumprem com habilidade a cultura da responsabilização burocrática imposta pelas políticas governamentais enquanto tentam não sacrificar uma responsabilização frente ao seu próprio dever junto aos estudantes.FACED - UFRGS2020-07-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/educacaoerealidade/article/view/99893Educação & Realidade [Education & Reality]; Vol. 45 No. 2 (2020)Educação & Realidade; v. 45 n. 2 (2020)2175-62360100-3143reponame:Educação & Realidadeinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSporenghttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/educacaoerealidade/article/view/99893/57478https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/educacaoerealidade/article/view/99893/57479Copyright (c) 2020 Educação & Realidadeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAnzures Tapia, Aldo2020-07-02T23:22:48Zoai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/99893Revistahttps://seer.ufrgs.br/educacaoerealidadePUBhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/educacaoerealidade/oai||educreal@ufrgs.br2175-62360100-3143opendoar:2020-07-02T23:22:48Educação & Realidade - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico Culturas de Responsabilização em Educação Infantil no México |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico Anzures Tapia, Aldo Indigenous Education Early Childhood Education Language Policy Bureaucracy Mexico. Educação indígena Educação Infantil Política de Linguagem Burocracia México. |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico |
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Cultures of Accountability in Indigenous Early Childhood Education in Mexico |
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Anzures Tapia, Aldo |
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Anzures Tapia, Aldo |
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Anzures Tapia, Aldo |
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Indigenous Education Early Childhood Education Language Policy Bureaucracy Mexico. Educação indígena Educação Infantil Política de Linguagem Burocracia México. |
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Indigenous Education Early Childhood Education Language Policy Bureaucracy Mexico. Educação indígena Educação Infantil Política de Linguagem Burocracia México. |
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Accountability policies are meant to improve educational quality; yet, too often, they interfere with quality instruction, including bilingual instruction. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic work in a multigrade Indigenous preschool in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, I describe how Elisa, the teacher, principal and janitor, navigated demanding administrative tasks while implementing different governmental programs, placing on her a significant bureaucratic burden. Also, this led her to shift her attention from a culture of teaching-learning accountability to a culture of bureaucratic accountability. This study shows that early childhood education in Indigenous communities in Mexico depends on the astuteness and preparedness of frontline workers, such as teachers and school supervisors, as they keenly navigate the culture of bureaucratic accountability that governmental policies impose, while trying not to sacrifice an accountability to their own responsibility to the learners. |
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