Experience in the develop educational guides for the teaching of biocultural heritage in Rabinal and San Juan la Laguna, Guatemala: an effort for the valuation of traditional knowledge associated with the use and conservation of biodiversity

Abstract

With the aim of creating mechanisms for the valuation of traditional knowledge associated with the use and conservation of biological diversity, the National Council of Protected Areas formulated educational guides for the teaching of biocultural heritage, whose target population is primary level students of the Achi Mayan people from Rabinal, in the department of Baja Verapaz and the Tz’utujil Mayan people of San Juan la Laguna, in the department of Sololá, Guatemala. This analysis presents the methodology used for the development of the educational guides, the contribution of these as material for an education with cultural relevance and the scope of the local curricular concretion, as well as the reflections on the challenges that must be faced to achieve a full and effective application of the educational guides.