Resumen

CONTRERAS SALINAS, Sylvia  y  RAMIREZ PAVELIC, Mónica. The rural school from the parents’ view. Paradígma [online]. 2009, vol.30, n.1, pp.87-102. ISSN 1011-2251.

This research focuses on actors of great significance to the educational process in Chile, such as Parents of children from rural areas. On the understanding that all actions aimed at improving the quality and equity of education involve an understanding of the subjectivities and cultural environment of the social agents, we believe that a study with a descriptive qualitative approach is required in order to consider the vision that parents construct about the social role of the school. These experiences will be reconstructed through narrative interviews with a particular focus on parents/mothers with geographical immobility, that is, those who remain in their places of origin and send their children to the same rural school they attended. The intentional sample was taken in the ninth region of Chile, Malleco Province. Key findings highlight the role of the school in reproducing a cultural model that values and legitimates discipline as a means to "become another".

Palabras clave : College; Identity; Rurality.