School Choice in Indigenous Families as a Conflicting Path between Territories and Cultures: The Case of Rural Mapuche Families in Chile
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| Title: | School Choice in Indigenous Families as a Conflicting Path between Territories and Cultures: The Case of Rural Mapuche Families in Chile |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Juan de Dios Oyarzún, Laura Luna, Camila Moyano |
| Source: | Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. 2025 54(1). |
| Availability: | University of Queensland. Level 2, Building 4, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia. e-mail: ajie@uq.edu.au; Web site: https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 20 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Secondary Education Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | School Choice, American Indian Students, Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, School Segregation, Disadvantaged, Access to Education, Outcomes of Education, Rural Areas, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Aspiration, Secondary Schools, Ethnicity |
| Geographic Terms: | Chile |
| ISSN: | 1326-0111 2049-7784 |
| Abstract: | Chile has a highly segregated education system. Indigenous students tend to be one of the most disadvantaged socio-cultural groups in terms of educational access and academic outcomes, in addition to lacking consistent intercultural educational alternatives. Through in-depth interviews, we explored Mapuche families' experiences from two communities in rural southern Chile regarding their secondary school choice processes. This study analyses ethnic, territorial and future labour-related aspects influencing families' decisions regarding their children's educational transition. Generally, the path from primary to secondary school in rural settings involves a change from a small, local, multi-grade primary school to an urban secondary school. The findings show that this decision involves the crossing of ethnic, territorial and social boundaries that affect the families' educational definitions related to the aspirational expectations for their children. In this, secondary school choice appears as an event in which different aspects and tensions of contemporary Indigenous ethnicity emerge and are confronted. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1480333 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Chile has a highly segregated education system. Indigenous students tend to be one of the most disadvantaged socio-cultural groups in terms of educational access and academic outcomes, in addition to lacking consistent intercultural educational alternatives. Through in-depth interviews, we explored Mapuche families' experiences from two communities in rural southern Chile regarding their secondary school choice processes. This study analyses ethnic, territorial and future labour-related aspects influencing families' decisions regarding their children's educational transition. Generally, the path from primary to secondary school in rural settings involves a change from a small, local, multi-grade primary school to an urban secondary school. The findings show that this decision involves the crossing of ethnic, territorial and social boundaries that affect the families' educational definitions related to the aspirational expectations for their children. In this, secondary school choice appears as an event in which different aspects and tensions of contemporary Indigenous ethnicity emerge and are confronted. |
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| ISSN: | 1326-0111 2049-7784 |
