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ERIC Number: EJ597668
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
Learning through the Soul: Concepts Relating to Learning and Knowledge in the Mayan Cultures of Mexico.
King, Linda
International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v45 n3-4 p367-370 1999
Describes the central concept of Mayan culture, the possession of the soul, or ch'ulel, in the process of forming a knowledgeable person. Soul acquisition is important to becoming the ideal person, and to the educational formation of future generations. Looks at the role language plays in culture as memory, thought formation, and learning process. (VWC)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Individual Development, Latin American Culture, Latin Americans, Learning Processes, Maya (People), Outcomes of Education, Religious Education, Values Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mexico