The Process Of Developing a New Curriculum for Lower Secondary Education in Guatemala |
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| Authors: | Linda Asturias de Barrios and Verónica Mérida Arellano |
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| Institution: | (1) 4a avenida “A” 13-60 zona 9, Ciudad de Guatemala, 01009, Guatemala |
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| Abstract: | The intention of this article is to present the way in which a proposal was put forward for a national basic curriculum for
the lower level of secondary education in Guatemala, within a general curricular reform of the education system. In this process,
the International Bureau of Education and UNESCO’s national office in the country provided technical advice. The article examines
the socio-cultural and educational context, some conceptual foundations for the curricular reform, the construction of the
curriculum for lower secondary education, some features of the proposed curriculum and the outlook for the future. The process
of curriculum construction included a diagnosis, drawing up a strategy for reforming the first cycle of secondary education
and preparation of the proposed curriculum. Likewise, the authors present the steps that must be taken in order for the national
basic curriculum to be adopted, subject, amongst other factors, to the availability of funding.
Original language: Spanish
Linda Asturias de Barrios (Guatemala)
Doctorate in Anthropology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. Postgraduate studies in Public Policies
and Intercultural Affairs at the Universidad del Valle, Guatemala. She has taught at secondary school and university level.
As a researcher, she has published books and articles on ethnology, development and education in Guatemala and Central America.
At the Ministry of Education she has worked as Co-ordinator of the National and International Co-operation Unit (1997–1999),
Co-ordinator of the Reform of Secondary Education (2004–2006) and Co-ordinator of the Reform of Lower Secondary Education
(2007). E-mail: lindaasturias@yahoo.com
Verónica Mérida Arellano (Guatemala)
Teacher of secondary school language and literature and graduate in Literature and Philosophy at Rafael Landívar University.
She completed a master’s degree in education and curriculum at the University del Valle, Guatemala. She has been a university
lecturer. She has published books and articles on the teaching of Maya as a mother tongue and Spanish as a second language.
She has worked as curriculum specialist at the Ministry of Education (1985–1991) and as Co-ordinator of Teacher-Training Programmes
at Rafael Landívar University. From 2005 to 2007 she acted as Curriculum Consultant for Lower Secondary Education at the Ministry
of Education. E-mail: vmeridaguate@yahoo.com.mx |
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