Early Childhood and Primary Education Teachers’ Collaborative Training in Interculturality
Authors
Rosabel Roig-Vila
Universidad de Alicante, España
[email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9731-430XMaría Encarnación Urrea-Solano
Universidad de Alicante, España
[email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-7854Detalles
Published
2020-01-22
Abstract
The interculturalization of educational practices is, today, one of the main challenges facing the 21st century school. To this end, the improvement of the intercultural competences of teachers seems to be a priority requirement, especially when it is carried out from a genuine collaborative and participatory approach. Based on this, this study was raised with the purpose of finding out the opinions and experiences of collaborative intercultural training of new teachers. To achieve this objective, ten novice teachers who worked in a Centre for Preferential Educational Care of Early Childhood and Primary Education in the Region of Murcia (Spain) participated. The study was carried out with a mixed methodological approach, using SPSS 21 and AQUAD 7 software. It is worth noting from the results obtained that, while novice teachers recognize the potential of collaborative culture for teaching professional development, the principle of collaboration has not been fully valued as a strategy for learning, but rather as a resource for institutional functioning. The lack of formal opportunities for intercultural collaborative training, both at the centre level and in their initial training, is filled by novice teachers through collaboration with the other members of the cloister. The findings of the study ultimately contribute to the proposal of a model of professional learning for teachers to value the diversity present in classrooms.
Keywords
collaborative learning
early childhood
primary education
interculturality
teacher training
novice teachers
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Roig-Vila, R., & Urrea-Solano, M. E. (2020). Early Childhood and Primary Education Teachers’ Collaborative Training in Interculturality. Caribbean Educational Research Journal (RECIE), 4(1), 7–19. https://doi.org/10.32541/recie.2020.v4i1.pp7-19
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