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This collection brings together cutting-edge research and theoretical discussions on the linguistic, cultural, and political forces that shape multilingual Colombia, highlighting the country’s unique sociolinguistic landscape and offering new insights into multilingualism in the Global South. The volume outlines the changing dynamics of multilingualism in Colombia, where Spanish, Spanish-based and English-based Creoles, the linguistic and cultural heritages of Indigenous communities and migrant groups, and the prevalence of English in language education policy intersect. The chapters explore the implications of policy making on language policy discourse and especially on language teacher e...
Este libro, resultado de la investigación “Hegemonía y alternativas en las políticas educativas para la infancia en Colombia: sujetos, discursos y prácticas 1982-2015”, es un aporte a la historia de la educación y a la política educativa de la infancia desde una aproximación histórica interpretativa. El estudio se acercó a las preguntas sobre: ¿cuál ha sido el significado, el sentido, las transformaciones y los alcances de la política educativa para la infancia Colombia?, ¿quiénes son los sujetos que han promovido y participado en estas reformas educativas?, ¿qué efectos han producido sobre el conjunto de la educación inicial?, ¿qué transformaciones en los sujetos, los...
International organizations have consistently influenced education reforms in Latin America, but not all countries have adopted the same policy recommendations. This book offers a unique comparative analysis of secondary education reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia, from the 1960s to the 2010s, with a focus on three key areas: manpower planning, state-retrenchment (market-based versus active-state), and ideas about having a right to a quality education in an era of government accountability. While responding to similar policy recommendations, these countries have differed in how they have implemented decentralization, incorporated private actors, allocated authority over curriculum, a...
Manual descriptivo de la República de Colombia.