Análisis de las políticas neoliberales y reformas curriculares. Los efectos en el sistema Educativo ecuatoriano. Un hito histórico desde el retorno a la democracia

Abstract

This research has its main focus on the analysis and study of neoliberal policies implemented in Ecuador during the so called “Return to Democracy” period which lasted approximately three decades; and their impact that these had on the Education System. On this context, this study centers itself on analyzing curricular modifications that were applied to the Ecuadorian system through this neoliberal political tendency. All these changes are going to be studied under the scope of the governments that ruled the country since the eighties; period in which the country returned to democracy after it overcame a long-lasting military dictatorship through the sixties and seventies The building of this research consisted of the breakdown and analysis of economic, political, social and educational reforms made by the ruling governments of the eighties, nineties and early two thousands. Likewise, elements such as: funding for infrastructure, educational resources and potential difficulties children had in order to access the system were taken into account. A big focus point of this effort was the understanding through research, of the characteristics that the curricular reforms put into action on these times had; and understanding how they correlated to neoliberal politics. The target of this paper was to analyze what effects did this neoliberal way of government had on the Education system in Ecuador. Besides studying and understanding curricular changes, made throughout this time period, in a more complete way. All this without leaving behind the bilateral relation between neoliberal policies and curricular reforms.