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Paredes-Chi, Arely; Viga-de Alva, María Dolores – Environmental Education Research, 2020
We conducted a case study of a rural primary school in Mexico. Its teachers consented to introducing an EE model using PAR methodology. Our objective was to analyse how PAR can generate specific issue-related understandings in teachers, thus resolving the gap between EE theories and practices. We conducted a qualitative study and implemented…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers
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Izquierdo, Jesús; Aquino Zúñiga, Silvia Patricia; García Martínez, Verónica – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
In many countries, English as a foreign/second language (L2) teaching has become compulsory in urban and rural public schools. In rural areas, the challenges for the implementation of this state-sanctioned policy have been explored among L2 teaching specialists. However, this mixed-methods study considered a different teacher group and examined…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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López-Sandoval, María Guadalupe; Hernández-Razo, Óscar Enrique – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2020
This article, which is based on an ethnographic approach, analyses the models and strategies that a rural elementary school community in Mexico has developed to keep available, accessible, and in daily use, digital devices and connectivity despite their marginality conditions. This case study is explored from two theoretical perspectives. First, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Models
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García-García, Luis Daniel; Romero-Contreras, Silvia; Silva-Maceda, Gabriela – Cogent Education, 2018
English language teaching (ELT) as a second or foreign language is a worldwide practice for Educational Systems in elementary schools. Educational reforms in Mexico have aimed at addressing English language learning within the elementary schools' curricula, however, there have been shortcomings when implementing the teaching of English as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Urban Schools, English (Second Language)
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Gutiérrez Estrada, María Rebeca; Schecter, Sandra R. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2018
We report findings of an ethnographic study that explored complexities of English Language Teaching (ELT) in a minority indigenous context in northwestern Mexico. The study investigated a trilingual education setting at the nexus of 2 major events: incorporation of Intercultural Bilingual Education throughout Mexico and integration of ELT into the…
Descriptors: Ethnography, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Meyers, Susan V. – Community Literacy Journal, 2009
A recent nine-month field study considered the relationships among school-sponsored and community forms of literacy practices in a migrant-sending area of rural Mexico. While many teachers in rural Mexico argue that students should remain in school rather than migrate to the U.S., this study demonstrates the ways in which schools in rural Mexico…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Community Needs