Experiencia multicultural y su relación con la convivencia escolar

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the multicultural experience and its relationship with coexistence in the classroom of fifth grade students. This qualitative research was developed through a case study, using direct and participant observation and the interview as information gathering techniques supported by the field diary and interview script. The data obtained were interpreted through content analysis. It was found that cultural diversity influences the processes of interaction and integration in the school as this is a rejection factor for those culturally different students; there is even exclusion among themselves. However, some students have the adaptive capacity to create bonds of friendship to dissipate differences, and there is a recognition that sharing with other cultures makes it possible to learn with integrity. Likewise, the educational institution cares about intercultural education, but it is necessary to create strategies to guarantee the immersion of all its students in school events. It is concluded that, due to the influence of multiculturalism in school coexistence, pedagogical and didactic changes in school teaching are necessary as a basis for adaptation to the school reality and the exchange of evaluative experiences for the understanding of the singularities of the other.