Indigenous education and its influence on cultural changes in the indigenous people of El Carricito, El Fuerte, Sinaloa

Abstract

This work aims to make visible the experiences of indigenous education and its influence on cultural change in the indigenous people of El Carricito, El Fuerte, located in the north of Sinaloa. Indigenous education in the community is offered in the initial, preschool and primary systems, despite this the community does not appear in the catalog of indigenous communities. In the school context, Spanish prevails as the language of communication between students and teachers, limiting the use of the native language to very specific activities within the classroom. Furthermore, even when the indigenous language subject is taught, there is no schedule available. specific to your teaching.

In the cultural aspect, we work with traditional dances that are presented at school festivals. More than 40 years after its incorporation into the indigenous education system in the community, we can say that the school is not immersed in community life, its culture, values, its worldview. In this context we can say that indigenous education in the community distances itself from what is postulated in the official discourse of bilingual education: offering education through the use of the native language of the people. These are some of the situations that will be addressed in this work.