Educación Técnico Profesional y cosmovisión MapucheFuente de Inspiración para los desafíos de Chile en el Siglo XXI

Abstract

The objectives of this article are to know and analyze the gaps and primary challenges faced by ChileanVocational Technical Education(ESTP) in this century and, based on this, propose actions and strategies that improve the current Vocational Technical Education (ETP) system. A second objective is to identify different aspects of the Mapuche teaching model and their ancestral wisdom that can contribute to the ETP, relate them to the current ETP, and propose improvements that allowus to face Chile's challenges. The study has been developed in four parts to achieve these objectives. First, a general description of the Chilean educational system and technical-professional higher education is made, consideringits strengths, gaps, and challenges from different perspectives. Secondly, the main concepts that support the worldview of the Mapuche people are analyzed, emphasizing the value system, the teaching-learning process, and educational strategies and identifying the actors who fulfillthe role of teacher. Thirdly, those educational practices of the Mapuche people that could contribute to and be transferred to technical-professional highereducationare identified, and finally, the most relevant aspects of the Mapuche educational model are related, and improvements to the current Chilean ESTP system are proposed.