Statements about career and technical education in high school and its second – rate position in the education system

Authors

  • María Jesús Montecinos Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Abstract

This article aims to question certain discursive formulations around career and technical education in high school in Chile relegating it to a second-rate alternative. From a Foucauldian analysis, three discursive lines distributing students as ‘the others’ within our education system are drawn: the circumscription of joining career and technical education courses in high school as a choice, the alleged undesirability of this modality, and the simultaneous recognition of restrictions under its conception as an imperative.

Keywords:

subjectivities, discourse, social class

Author Biography

María Jesús Montecinos, Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Doctora (c) en Educación, universidades Alberto Hurtado y Diego Portales, Chile; becaria doctorado nacional CONICYT. Docente en las facultades de Educación y Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Correo electrónico: mmontecino@uahurtado.cl, jesu.montecinos@gmail.com