Abstract

CRUZ OROZCO, Ivania de la. Beneficios esperados de la educación media superior en comunidades rurales. Sinéctica [online]. 2016, n.46. ISSN 2007-7033.

This multiple case study analyzes the benefits that the youth in rural marginalized communities of Oaxaca expect to obtain from a high school diploma. The findings show that graduating from high school was a step toward graduation from a higher education institution. Also, students interviewed thought that high school completion would allow them not to work as peasants. Unfortunately, the benefits students expect to obtain are hardly achievable. The findings from this research are analyzed through a theoretical lens containing two theories. First, we use the theories of social reproduction proposed by Pierre Bourdieu to understand the limited benefits of cultural capital (in the form of a school degree) in a context of marginalization. Then, we analyze findings for indigenous students through internal colonialism. Both theories shed light on why students highly value education: it is perceived to be associated with economic and social benefits. However, such association does not hold in reality.

Keywords : High school education; higher education; rural communities.

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