Socialization of Knowing How to Feel through the Epew in Mapuche Culture: Guidelines for Early Childhood Education
Socialization of Knowing How to Feel through the Epew in Mapuche Culture: Guidelines for Early Childhood Education
Authors
Mella, Enrique Riquelme
Nahuelcheo, Marcos
Soto, Elisa Padilla
Calfunao, Fernando
Toledo, Jorge
Bizama, Karina
Jara, Enriqueta
Nahuelcheo, Marcos
Soto, Elisa Padilla
Calfunao, Fernando
Toledo, Jorge
Bizama, Karina
Jara, Enriqueta
Profesor GuĆa
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10.3390/educsci13060622
EDUCATION SCIENCES,Vol.13,2023
EDUCATION SCIENCES,Vol.13,2023
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Abstract
Oral stories have historically been used by Indigenous peoples as an educational tool. In contexts of social diversity, where Indigenous peoples are a minority, these stories are excluded from formal education or used in ways in which their original meaning is lost. Epews are oral stories that form part of the family education of the Mapuche people. This article aims to reflect on the emotional socialization mechanisms in formal education (kindergarten and school) and also from the perspective of Mapuche family education, taking the epew as a basis for the learning process of knowing how to feel. The methodology corresponds to the Delphi method, in which 40 people participated (experts in methodology, literature, intercultural education, Mapuche academics, and Mapuche families). The results allow us to highlight the importance of the epew in the learning process of knowing how to feel in early childhood education. These results are organized into categories such as (a) the conceptualization of the epew; (b) reporting; (c) the epew and its function: Mapuche values and anti-values; (d) articulation with territory; and (e) early childhood education proposals. The results conclude that the implementation of the epew in the classroom, through the incorporation and visibility of socialization mechanisms, values, and rules of the display of emotions of the Mapuche people, constitutes a starting point for intercultural education in early childhood.