Psychomotricity, corporeality, gender and positivist philosophy in Chile: a critical analysis of ministerial documents

a critical analysis of ministerial documents

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v45i0.91574

Keywords:

gender equality, educational inclusion, children's education, patriarchal culture, corporeality

Abstract

Formal education can be understood as a cultural activity that is influenced by multiple epistemological perspectives that are present in society. In addition, each nation has its own particularities based on its own unique history and citizenship. One of the theoretical currents that has had a pedagogical boom in recent years in Latin America is the feminist perspective, promoting gender equality. Considering this context, this essay was developed with the objective of analyzing from a critical and gender perspective four Chilean ministerial documents on psychomotricity and corporeality in early childhood. The analyses showed that there is a marked behaviourist, positivist, neoliberal and uncritical tendency towards gender, psychomotor skills and corporeality in the ministerial texts considered. In this way, it would be promoting an early childhood education that assumes a passive attitude towards social injustices and patriarchal gender stereotypes. In this sense, a technical and traditional curricular rationality is being reproduced among teachers and children.

Author Biographies

Loreto Chihuailaf Vera, Universidad de Barcelona, España.

Profesora de Educación Física, UMCE, Chile. 

Máster en Acitividad físico deportiva discapacidad integración social, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España.

Doctoranda en Educación y Sociedad, Universidad de Barcelona, España. 

Felipe Nicolás Mujica Johnson, Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Filósofo, pedagogo y científico.

Doctor en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, España.

Docente investigador de la Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Santiago. 

Rocío Fernanda Concha López, Universidad Católica de Temuco

Profesora de Educación Física, UPLA, Chile.

Máster en Calidad y Mejora de la Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España.

Investigadora asociada al Centro de Investigación Escolar y Desarrollo, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile. 

Published

2022-06-21

How to Cite

Chihuailaf Vera, L., Mujica Johnson, F. N., & Concha López, R. F. (2022). Psychomotricity, corporeality, gender and positivist philosophy in Chile: a critical analysis of ministerial documents: a critical analysis of ministerial documents. Retos, 45, 12–19. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v45i0.91574

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Monográfico. Physical Education Thought from Childhood

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