Encounters and Disagreements Between Indigenous Family Education and School Education: Narrative Reviews
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. School Education in an Indigenous Context
5. Indigenous Family Education
6. Aspirations of School Education from the Indigenous Conception
7. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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| Autor (Year) | Article | Journal | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arias-Ortega and Quintriqueo (2020) | La educación superior en el contexto mapuche: El caso de La Araucanía, Chile. | Revista Electrónica Educare | Chile |
| Kenea-Boru (2020) | Education for children in the Borena pastoral community in Ethiopia: practices and challenges. | Ethiopian Journal of Education and Science | Etiopía |
| Kaomea (2012) | Reconceptualizing Indigenous Parental Involvement in Early Educational Settings: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Preschool Families. | International Journal of Indigenous Politics | Hawai, USA |
| Bullen et al. (2017) | What predicts health students’ self-reported readiness to work in Indigenous health settings? | The Australian Educational Researcher | Australia |
| González-Terreros and Torres-Carrillo (2020) | Educación popular y educación propia: diálogos desde experiencias educativas en el Cauca | Revista Colombiana de Educación | Colombia |
| Macfarlane et al. (2017) | Social and emotional learning and Indigenous ideologies in Aotearoa New Zealand: a biaxial blend. | Capítulo de Libro | Nueva Zelanda |
| Delgadillo (2018) | “Iyambae”: in search of an emancipatory higher education in the UNIBOL Guaraní and Lowland Peoples. | Alteridad | México |
| Krainer et al. (2017) | Educación superior intercultural y diálogos de saberes: el caso de los Amawtay Wasi en Ecuador. | Revista Educación Superior | Ecuador |
| Rosado-May (2017) | Formación universitaria intercultural para indígenas mayas de Yucatán. | Antropológica | México |
| Arias-Ortega and Quintriqueo (2021) | Relación educativa entre docente y educador tradicional en educación intercultural bilingüe. | Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa | Chile |
| Wallace (2011) | Power, practice, and a critical pedagogy for non-Indigenous allies. | Canadian Journal of Native Studies. | Canadá |
| Hachkowski (2011) | Aboriginal education: a transition of worldviews. | Capítulo de Libro | Canadá |
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| Christie (2016) | Fostering the Educational Movement: Connecting University Writing Classrooms on Oahu with Indigenous Family Values and Family Learning for Immigrants. | Pacific Asia Inquiry | Hawai, USA |
| Quilaqueo et al. (2016a) | Educación mapuche y educación escolar en la Araucanía ¿doble racionalidad educativa? | Cadernos de Pesquisa | Chile |
| Ossola (2010) | Educación superior de jóvenes indígenas en la provincia de Salta (Argentina): trayectorias personales, tensiones familiares y expectativas comunitarias. | Capítulo de Libro | Argentina |
| Molina-Bedoya and Tabares-Fernández (2014) | Educación propia. Resistencia al modelo de homogenización de los pueblos indígenas de Colombia | Revista Latinoamericana | Colombia |
| Beltrán-Cuevas et al. (2019) | Universitarios indígenas en el área de la salud: una aproximación a la realidad. | Revista Mexicana de Medicina Forense y Ciencias de la Salud. | México |
| Paladino (2019) | Pueblos indígenas y educación superior en Argentina. Datos para el debate. | Revista ISEES (Inclusión Social y Equidad en la Educación Superior) | Argentina |
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Godoy-Leal, F.; Arias Ortega, K.; Riquelme Mella, E. Encounters and Disagreements Between Indigenous Family Education and School Education: Narrative Reviews. Behav. Sci. 2025, 15, 1502. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111502
Godoy-Leal F, Arias Ortega K, Riquelme Mella E. Encounters and Disagreements Between Indigenous Family Education and School Education: Narrative Reviews. Behavioral Sciences. 2025; 15(11):1502. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111502
Chicago/Turabian StyleGodoy-Leal, Fabiola, Katerin Arias Ortega, and Enrique Riquelme Mella. 2025. "Encounters and Disagreements Between Indigenous Family Education and School Education: Narrative Reviews" Behavioral Sciences 15, no. 11: 1502. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111502
APA StyleGodoy-Leal, F., Arias Ortega, K., & Riquelme Mella, E. (2025). Encounters and Disagreements Between Indigenous Family Education and School Education: Narrative Reviews. Behavioral Sciences, 15(11), 1502. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15111502

