The link between the school and the territory: An experience of educational inclusion

Abstract

From the principles of interculturality and inclusion of citizen participation and the link to the territory of the school are regarded as key elements for the management of diversity. This article contains some results of a research project at the national level that shows an educational practice developed in an Infant and Primary Education Center in the Region of Murcia, whose aim has been to establish the link between the school with people of the Center of the neighborhood through the stories of their life experiences for the students. To do this, it has been used as instruments for the collection of information discussion groups carried out a variety of actors. The analysis of results has been carried out according to pre-defined categories, which indicate that there is citizen participation and a positive perception of the collaborative culture on the part of the educational agents participants, while the desire and commitment to greater cooperation on the part of the older people, community agents from the social center of the neighborhood.