Primary Education in Ecuador's Chota Valley: Reflections on Education and Social Reproduction in the Development Era Book

	Introduction	9
	Setting the Stage	13
	Finding and Defining the Chota Valley	13
	The History of the Chota Valley, 1550 - 1973	16
	Blacks in the Chota Valley--Ecuador's Hidden Social Actor	20
	The History of Mascarilla, 1956 - present	22
	The Present Reality in Mascarilla and the Chota Valley	25
	Valle es Valle--The Culture of the Chota Valley	31
	Education in the Chota Valley	35
	My Introduction to the Escuela "Hernando Taquez"	35
	Lost Time at the Escuela "Hernando Taquez"	37
	Inside the Classroom	42
	Homework and the School Textbook	44
	School and Violence--Searching for a Connection	47
	Education and Cultural Preservation	51
	Evaluating the Escuela "Hernando Taquez"	52
	Reforming the Escuela "Hernando Taquez"	57
	Understanding Education in Mascarilla	65
	Educational Performance in the Developing World	65
	The Ecuadorean Escuela	66
	Curriculum and Education	70
	Racism and Education in the Chota Valley	75
	The Value of Economic and Human Resources	79
	Government and Education	84
	What is the Purpose of Public Education?	87
	Why Do People Go To School?	87
	Public Education and the State	88
	The Evolution of Education in Latin America	91
	An End to Illusions	94
	The Hidden Curriculum	96
	Failing to Succeed, or Succeeding to Fail?	100
	Education, Development, and Utopia	103
	Education and Development in the Current Context	103
	The West as a Model of Development	105
	Towards a New Understanding of Development	108
	Education and Development Reconsidered	111
	Sin utopia la vida seria un ensayo para la muerte	113
	Beyond the Status Quo	115
	Notes	123
	Bibliography	139
	Appendices	151
	The Communities of Ecuador's Chota Valley	151
	Map of Ecuador's Chota Valley	153
	Important Dates in the History of the Chota Valley	155
	Baile de la Bomba	161
	Singing, Playing, and Dancing the Bomba	163