So, what would a Ministry of Education that practices autogestión actually look like? And more importantly, can it work? The Ministry of Education is, by definition, a tool of the State. Its primary functions are to distribute funding, enforce national standards, certify learning, and suppress variation. Autogestión , conversely, argues that the people doing the work (teachers, students, janitors, parents) should control the conditions of that work.
The Pedagogy Paradox
Further Reading: "Calibán y la Bruja" (Federici) on the body politics of education; The Zapatista Escuelitas for a real-world model of autonomous education. autogestion del ministerio de educacion
Can a Ministry practice autogestión ? No. The moment it does, it stops being a Ministry. And maybe—just maybe—that is the point. So, what would a Ministry of Education that
Autogestión argues that messiness is the actual curriculum. It argues that a child learning to resolve a dispute in a school assembly is more valuable than memorizing the date of the Battle of Ayacucho. Its primary functions are to distribute funding, enforce