Sumak Kawsay and Inclusive Education in Ecuador: a proposal from personalism

  • Fernando Lara Lara Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Keywords: intercultural education, cultural personnel, human species.

Abstract

This research aims to promote the debate about an educational culture of Sumak Kawsay in Ecuador, especially from the normative hermeneutics is intended to scrutinize part of the legal and political reality to delve into the impact of its conceptualization on what inclusive education refers to; In this sense, it is proposed as in its approach to the definition of a person and its various dimensions which emphasizes the personalism as philosophical theory. Thus, it is conceived as being relational, intersubjective, and whose dignity makes it worthy of the richness of its diversity; In this way, its function is to investigate the person with the aim of preparing them to live from a holistic approach and committed to the construction of an identity from the defense of their dignity.

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Author Biography

Fernando Lara Lara, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Letrado Colegiado del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Sevilla (España), Administrador General de la Junta de Andalucía (España), Profesor Sustituto Interino (Universidad de Granada, España), Profesor Titular Principal (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Santo Domingo, Ecuador). Director Administrativo de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Santo Domingo (Ecuador)
Published
2019-01-02
How to Cite
Lara, F. L. (2019). Sumak Kawsay and Inclusive Education in Ecuador: a proposal from personalism. Acta Scientiarum. Education, 41(1), e40274. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v41i1.40274
Section
History and Philosophy of Education