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Standardized education as the serum: Roth’s π˜‹π˜ͺ𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘡 as a representation of how standardized education molds compliant citizens

SΓ‘nchez Silva, Yaritza
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The objective of this thesis is to draw connections between standardized education in Puerto Rico and the young adult dystopian novel Divergent to understand why the policies that serve as foundation for course planning in the archipelago are problematic. The analysis will focus on discussing how, through a model of education that hinders critical and divergent thinking, the elite shape compliant citizens that will not feel capable of challenging social impositions. The project is based on an autoethnographic analysis of teaching in the contemporary Puerto Rican context, applying close reading techniques to discuss the connections between the social structure and dynamics in Divergent and Puerto Rico. Being a divergent teacher is presented as an alternative to challenge oppression and provide students an opportunity to develop their thought processes, so that they can feel capable of understanding and questioning the social dynamic in which they live.
El objetivo de esta tesis es discutir conexiones entre la educaciΓ³n estandarizada en Puerto Rico y la novela de distopΓ­a juvenil Divergente para entender por quΓ© las polΓ­ticas que sirven de base para la planificaciΓ³n de clases en el archipiΓ©lago resultan problemΓ‘ticas. El anΓ‘lisis se enfocarΓ‘ en discutir cΓ³mo, a travΓ©s de un sistema de educaciΓ³n que perjudica el pensamiento crΓ­tico y divergente, la Γ©lite moldea a ciudadanos obedientes que no se sentirΓ‘n capaces de desafiar imposiciones sociales. El proyecto se basa en un anΓ‘lisis autoetnogrΓ‘fico de enseΓ±ar en el contexto contemporΓ‘neo puertorriqueΓ±o, aplicando tΓ©cnicas de lectura detallada para discutir las conexiones entre la estructura y dinΓ‘mica social en la obra literaria Divergente y Puerto Rico. Ser una educadora divergente se presenta como una alternativa para desafiar la opresiΓ³n y proveerle a estudiantes una oportunidad para desarrollar sus procesos de pensamiento para que puedan sentirse capaces de entender y cuestionar la dinΓ‘mica social en la que viven.
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2024-05-10
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Puerto Rico, colonialism, standardized education, young adult dystopian literature, autoethnography
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