Unversity futures in Ecuador: A postcolonial and liberal analysis
The government of Ecuador has strongly linked educational, social and economic developrnent with a counter hegernonic position against neo-liberal tendencies and a defence of lis roots and cultural patrimony. This article analyses university future in Ecuador under the Post-colonial model as possibl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Espíritu Santo
2017-06-01
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| Series: | PODIUM |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.uees.edu.ec/index.php/Podium/article/view/68 |
| Summary: | The government of Ecuador has strongly linked educational, social and economic developrnent with a counter hegernonic position against neo-liberal tendencies and a defence of lis roots and cultural patrimony. This article analyses university future in Ecuador under the Post-colonial model as possible and probable future, and proposes Uberal Education as an alternative, preferable future. There is also an analysis of how Ecuadorian Governrnent takes knowledge and education as a basis for economic and social development and proposes the alternative Liberal Education approach to counterbaiance sorne post colonial concerns mainly related with globalization. |
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| ISSN: | 1390-5473 2588-0969 |