Interculturality and TIC in postgraduate education proposals in Ecuador

Abstract:

The research has highlighted the need to address the complex reality of culturally diverse societies, and im-portance of intertwining the multiplicity of knowledge and teaching-learning needs for this. Faced with this challenge, postgraduate courses in ed-ucation constitute a highly relevant area where to value an interdisciplinary perspective, especially relat-ing the intercultural approach and educational tech-nologies. This study analyzes 18 postgraduate pro-grams in Ecuador in order to make visible to what extent they respond to this approach. The qualitative research, on the one hand, selects postgraduate courses endorsed by the governing body of higher ed-ucation in the country and in force. And on the other, it goes to the documentary analysis to review theoret-ical budgets in contrast to the designs of the selected offer. Results suggest that most of the postgraduate offer includes elements to promote a dialogue of re-spect, equity and social justice, in what we could con-sider a paradigm shift. Despite this, the results also reveal curricular gaps, which turn the intercultural and the digital into mere discursive elements instead of emerging and transversal components for educa-tion.

Año de publicación:

2021

Keywords:

• Postgraduate education
• Dialogue of knowledge
• DIVERSITY
• Intercultural approach
• Educational technologies

Fuente:

scopus