Resumen

ALVARADO, Beatriz. Voices and Agencialities in the Education of Young Rural Andean Women: A Qualitative Look. REDIE [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.2, pp.1-15. ISSN 1607-4041.

This qualitative study describes the voices and agencialities of female rural Andean students enrolled in high school. The study explores how educational practices and discourses in the school and family context impact these young women's voices and agencialities. Also analyzed are the actions they are taking to change their existing situation. The post-structural approach and theories of resistance, voice and power inform the literature review and analysis of the study, which describes the many educational and sociocultural obstacles the young women face: an educational curriculum not adapted to their needs, untrained teachers with low expectations for their students' future, and an educational environment that silences their voices. The results show that despite of all obstacles, these women have a firm determination to seek a different future, rather than live under the oppressive patriarchal cycle their mothers and female relatives have endured.

Palabras llave : Gender; educational strategies; secondary education.