ABSTRACT

The chapter describes an action-research experience carried out within the Mexican state of the Yucatan designed to nudge the state system, and within it, the system of Indigenous Education, to improve the quality of its preschool education. The project sought change by helping participants think about quality in a different way, by respecting diversity, by redefining the role of supervisors, and by using evaluation as a basis for feedback and improvement as well as accompaniment. It was premised on the idea that directly involving educational authorities, supervisors, directors and teachers in defining and evaluating quality could facilitate change.