The Teacher-Activist: Educational Reform and Resistance in Honduras

• In Event: Poster Session 11
  In Poster Session: Division L Section 5 Poster Session

Abstract

Honduran public school teachers face threats to their career because they participate in a social movement that opposes proposed educational reform. This reform modifies laws that historically have provided for the rights and working conditions of teachers. Little scholarship exists about Honduran education from the perspective of Honduran public school teachers. My paper explores this gap by examining public school teachers’ experiences and perceptions of schooling, and their participation in social movements to influence the institution of education in Honduras. In 2012 and 2013, I interviewed 20 public school teachers in Honduras about their perceptions of education and the career of teaching there. This paper sets the data within the context of the new Honduran educational policy.

Author

• Kate E Kedley, University of Iowa