Abstract

NAVARRO MARTINEZ, Sergio Iván  and  SALDIVAR MORENO, Antonio. Construcción y significado de la interculturalidad en la escuela normal indígena intercultural bilingüe «Jacinto Canek». Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2011, vol.6, n.12, pp.67-104. ISSN 1870-4115.

The relatively recent emergence of the paradigm of interculturality has led to various difficulties in its application to different educational experiences. One of the main problems is the fact that interculturality is confounded with aspects that are reduced to reclaiming cultural traditions and elements or to the inclusion of indigenous languages in education processes. This paper analyzes what is understood by interculturality and intercultural education in the field of higher education. The study was conducted at the «Jacinto Canek» Intercultural Bilingual Indigenous Teacher Training School (Escuela Normal Indígena Intercultural Bilingüe «Jacinto Canek» / ENIIB) located in Zinacantán, Chiapas. The methodology developed for this study is based on the meta-theorical approach of symbolic interactionism. It assumes that educational practices are a scenario where the subject interacts with other social groups and that it is these interrelationship processes that decisively contribute to the shaping of an individual’s personality.

Keywords : intercultural education; symbolic interactionism; constructionism; culture; educational practice.