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Sensibilidad intercultural del profesorado hacia el colectivo inmigrante: una investigación mixta con tres escuelas públicas

DOI

10.22550/2174-0909.4345

Abstract

The inclusion of immigrant students in public schools set out important challenges for education professionals in contexts of intercultural emergency. In this sense, sensitivity to diversity becomes a key competence to promote respectful and harmonious coexistence in educational communities. Thus, this study analyses the degree of intercultural sensitivity of teachers working in culturally diverse classrooms in three public schools in the Valparaíso Region, Chile. For this purpose, a cross-sectional-mixed research design was adopted, specifically, through the application of a scale and narrative talks developed with a sample of 102 teachers. The findings show that the participating teachers have a moderate-high degree of intercultural sensitivity, with the most highly valued dimensions being commitment and enjoyment in interaction. They also express high expectations regarding the academic and professional integration of immigrant students. These inputs could strengthen the design of public policies and the implementation of intercultural educational practices.

Financiación | Funding

This study was developed within the framework of the FONDECYT postdoctoral research project no. 3250167, “Transitions and expectations of female migrant children and adolescents in Chilean education: an intersectional immersion”, funded by the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), part of the Chilean Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation.

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Author Biography

César Díaz-Pacheco. PhD in Education and Society from the University of Barcelona (Spain). He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center for Inclusive Education (SCIA ANID CIE160009) at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso University (Chile). His line of research focuses on multimodality, narrative biographies with immigrant groups, and intercultural sensitivity among teachers in Chilean schools.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-7160

Claudio Vergara-Reyes. PhD in Education and Society from the University of Barcelona (Spain). He works as a technical educational advisor in the Departamento Provincial de Educación Cachapoal (Secretaría Regional Ministerial de Educación O’Higgins, Rancagua, Chile).

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-4743

María Leonor Conejeros-Solar. PhD in Education from the University of Concepción (Chile). She is a senior researcher at the Research Center for Inclusive Education (SCIA ANID CIE160009) and a professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso University (Chile). She is currently researching educational inclusion and high abilities.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9725-9753

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Cultural diversity, immigration, intercultural education, immigrant education, teachers, social inclusion.