@inbook{aa2e744ba7dd40faa865b49f17651168,
title = "Mathematics Education in Multilingual Contexts for the Indigenous Population in Latin America",
abstract = "In Latin America, there is a considerable Indigenous population whose participation in the educational system has been systematically obstructed by the imposition of Spanish and Portuguese, the languages of the colonial powers. The historical process of Indigenous education was rooted in the colonial project assimilation. A recent move towards the acknowledgement of linguistic and cultural diversity has opened spaces for new discussions about education as a terrain for regaining and reclaiming a cultural identity. In this context, we examine challenges and possibilities for the development of Indigenous mathematics education in multilingual contexts, based on existing research carried out in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia. We consider the relationship between language policy and educational policy, as well as bilingualism and its implementation in relation to Indigenous education. We discuss the development of mathematical registers and language revitalization as central issues within the mathematics education of Indigenous people.",
keywords = "Indigenous, Indigenous learners, Indigenous languages, Indigenous education, Intercultural, Intercultural education, Intercultural schools , Interculturality, Language extinction, Language revitalization, Oral language, Oral registers, Written language, Written registers, Cultural identity, Ethnomathematics, De-colonization, Linguistic rights",
author = "Aldo Parra and Jackeline Mendes and Paola Valero and Ubill{\'u}s, {Martha Villavicencio}",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-14511-2_4",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-14510-5",
series = "New ICMI Studies Series",
pages = "67--84",
editor = "Richard Barwell and Philip Clarkson and Anjum Halai and Kazima, {Mercy } and Judit Moschkovich and Nuria Planas and Mamokgethi Phakeng and Paola Valero and Ubill{\'u}s, {Martha Villavicencio}",
booktitle = "Mathematics Education and Language Diversity",
publisher = "Springer Science+Business Media",
address = "United States",
}