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Expelling Dictatorial Influences from Chilean Education

Expelling Dictatorial Influences from Chilean Education. The 2006 Student Movement: Demanding a Change. By Elyse Johnson. A Nation-wide Protest for Education . La Universida Cat ólica, Sanantigo, Chile. What does this mean for Chile on a larger scale??. Thesis:.

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Expelling Dictatorial Influences from Chilean Education

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  1. Expelling Dictatorial Influences from Chilean Education The 2006 Student Movement: Demanding a Change By Elyse Johnson

  2. A Nation-wide Protest for Education La Universida Católica, Sanantigo, Chile

  3. What does this mean for Chile on a larger scale??

  4. Thesis: The strikes and sudden revival in student political activity in Chile signals an end to policies and ideologies instituted under General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, therefore marking an end to Pinochet’s lingering influence over the Chilean education system.

  5. Looking at… • Pinochet’s education policies • Failed student protests under the dictatorship • 16 years later: still fighting Pinochet’s influence

  6. Education under Pinochet Triple threat: Depoliticization, Decentralization and Privatization 1973 Golpe del estado Overthrow of the government Salvador Allende Socialist President Gen. Augusto Pinochet Authoritarian Dictator

  7. Failed Protest under the Dictatorship Congress - Valparaiso, Chile

  8. Students still fighting Pinochet’s influence in 2006 Ley Orgánica Constitucional de Enseñanza

  9. The Demands National Institute is “taken over” by students We Demand: • LOCE : Abolished • JEC: Complete Revision • Municipalization: Public establishments under the control of the State

  10. The Results • Reorganize the Ministry of Education • Reform the LOCE and Constitution of 1980 • Stop descrimination of poor in selection of schools • Make the University entrance exam free for 80% of annual applicants • 6 seats to high school student representatives on the Presidential Advisory Board Current President Michelle Bachelete

  11. A New Generation… …Within a nation transformed from dictatorship to democracy.

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