This project, completed in collaboration with Programa Inclusivo Multicultural Originario Kañari (PRIMOK) in Cañar, Ecuador, aimed to further the organization’s vision of providing accessible English education to improve students’ job prospects. The team interviewed local cultural experts to gather Indigenous legends, then translated and adapted them into booklets for PRIMOK classrooms. The inclusion of these booklets in the curriculum created an environment where students could learn more about their own cultures while bettering their English skills. The team recommended that PRIMOK should make more of the booklets in the future to include other Ecuadorian legends. PRIMOK will continue working with the Cañari Ministry of Culture to publish the booklets for use in other schools in Cañar.

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Creator

• Kam, Russell
• Yasui, Aunika
• Bass, Emma
• Quinones, Taina

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Inclusion
• Community
• Learning
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 108121
• E-project-050223-233529

Keyword

• Culture
• Kichwa
• Education
• Legends
• Cañar

Advisor

• Kinicki, Robert
• Pollice, Gary F.

Year

• 2023

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Programa Inclusivo Multicultural Originario Kañari (PRIMOK)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2023-05-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050223-233529

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-15