Analysis of intercultural education of a group of students at the Francisco de Paula Santander University, in Colombia, that were victims of the armed conflict

Abstract

The way in which intercultural education is assumed by university professors from the university Francisco de Paula Santander in Colombia belonging to the faculty of business who deal with a group of the student directly affected by the Colombian armed conflict. Four variables were considered: knowledge about intercultural education, institutional policies, aspects of consideration of teachers in terms of multiculturalism and intercultural education practices. A survey was applied to a group of 105 teachers and 420 students supported by the empirical-analytical paradigm, the quantitative approach and a non-experimental / descriptive design. The results show that teachers do not have a clear knowledge about intercultural education or the socio-cultural particularities of the student. It is concluded that an ideal situation would be to gather efforts to recognize all the characteristics of the culturally diverse population and recognize the adjustments in policy, curriculum and pedagogy to make coherent actions within the classroom, according to the needs of the students.