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标题：Educación y desarrollo humano en América Latina: reflexiones desde la Psicología Cultural
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作者：Adolfo Perinat Maceres ; Fany Tarabay Yunes
期刊名称：Universitas Psychologica
印刷版ISSN：2011-2777
出版年度：2007
卷号：7
期号：3
页码：701-710
语种：Spanish
出版社：Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
摘要：Economic programs aimed at improving education in Latin America have failed to deliver the promised results. The assumption that improving pri- mary and secondary education will contribute to the eradication of poverty has discarded that the culture of marginalized social groups reduces the effectiveness of such endeavor. We explore the psychological aspects of culture –the beliefs, values, and meaning systems of any cultural group. We highlight how families living in poverty perceive schooling and its supposed benefits. These attitudes are transmitted to children in the socialization process. Another prevalent problem is the high proportion of adolescents who drop out of school. We look for an explanation in their internal repre- sentations of schoolwork and their motivation for doing it. We conclude that cultural beliefs should be taken into account in the planning of educational programs to aid children and adolescents from poor neighborhoods. They must be adapted to the cultural world of recipient groups.
关键词：Education and development;Development programmes;Dropouts-Latin America;Educación y Desarrollo;Programas de desarrollo;deserción escolar-América Latina