Cambiando los patrones del imperialismo y la educación: el Reino Unido

Autores/as

  • Leslie Bash

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.31.2018.21590

Palabras clave:

imperio, imperialismo, educación, poder, hegemonía, cultura

Resumen

La educación ha sido fundamental para el mantenimiento de los imperios modernos. Las políticas y prácticas educativas bajo el imperialismo británico reflejaron las complejidades, tensiones y conflictos en los diferentes territorios del Imperio. Esto se ilustra con referencias específicas a la Palestina entre guerras y la India Imperial, donde la política educativa a veces tuvo consecuencias imprevistas en sociedades divididas. El imperialismo cultural era un aspecto inherente de la educación colonial con implicaciones curriculares para la escolarización en el Reino Unido. A medida que el Imperio británico sufrió cambios y, finalmente, se redujo, la educación también cambió en respuesta. Sin embargo, el cambio no fue lineal, ya que el legado del imperio continuó tanto en los antiguos territorios coloniales como en el Reino Unido hasta el presente, con implicaciones tanto para las dimensiones formales como informales del aprendizaje. Es importante destacar que el idioma Inglés se mantiene, en diferentes formas, como un símbolo continuo del imperio, junto con respuestas diversas y, a veces complejas en un momento en que la interculturalidad, el post-colonialismo y la globalización han afectado el discurso sobre el Imperio Británico. Al mismo tiempo, el discurso se complica a veces por un aparente resurgimiento del sentimiento imperial mientras que las artes siguen reflejando actitudes críticas hacia el poder imperial del pasado. El artículo concluye con la opinión de que es necesario desarrollar una comprensión crítica de la relación entre educación e imperio para garantizar cambios en la pedagogía con respecto a una mayor inclusión de aquellos con historias de marginación y subordinación.

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Biografía del autor/a

Leslie Bash

Leslie Bash holds an Honorary Readership at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London where he is Director of the International Centre for Intercultural Studies. In addition, he is also Reader in Jewish Education at Leo Baeck College, London, and is currently secretary general of the International Association for Intercultural Education. He was previously based at Anglia Ruskin University where he was Principal Lecturer in Education and director of the Doctorate in Education programme. Having graduated in sociology and having obtained a teaching certificate he subsequently taught social studies in London secondary schools and, at the same time pursued postgraduate studies in education, eventually gaining a PhD in comparative education. He has published widely, having authored, co-authored, edited and contributed to a number of volumes, as well as journal articles, in urban, international and intercultural education. Among his research interests are religion, the state and education; diversity, equity and education; intersectionality and cultural issues in education.

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2018-06-29

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Bash, L. (2018). Cambiando los patrones del imperialismo y la educación: el Reino Unido. Revista Española de Educación Comparada, (31), 111–129. https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.31.2018.21590

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MONOGRÁFICO: Imperios y educación