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A contribution from realities and experiences of learning processes, in what and how it is developed in the communities of Chimaltenango, and its results, which respond to the needs of the communities; how this learning process contributes to improve the quality of life of the communities. The work shares the experience of the Kaqchikel Mayan University, what and how it works to retake, promote, cultivate, safeguard and systematize the science, art, language, values and approaches of the Kaqchikel Mayan philosophy; to promote the fullness of the human being, his personal fulfillment and his community, and contribute to the universal culture, based on listening and relating to mother earth, as the great and main pedagogue, through the use of the diverse languages used by the peoples historically. The methodological process is shared, how it develops and promotes the Mayan cosmic-scientific principles: holistic, systemic, circular, pyramidal, balance, and from the approaches of the chumilal competencies (the life vocation of the person), ancestral values, education for life, the development of skills and abilities.
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Vitalino Similox Salazar. Études bibliques et théologiques, licence en théologie. Doctorat en sciences politiques et sociologie, Université de Salamanque. Organisation d'institutions indigènes pour le développement intégral, espaces religieux ¿cuméniques, processus de réconciliation et de paix au Guatemala. Recteur de l'Université Maya Ixil et Kaqchikel.
