INTERCULTURALITY: TEACHING NURSING TO TOTONACO AND NAHUATL SPEAKING STUDENTS

Authors

  • Diego Fernando Rosero Medina Universidad Antonio Nariño image/svg+xml
  • Jesús Stivent Zuñiga Meneses Universidad Antonio Nariño image/svg+xml
  • Laura Ortega Hernández Universidad Interserrana del Estado de Puebla-Ahuacatlán de México
  • José Vladimir Guzmán Rivera Universidad Antonio Nariño image/svg+xml
  • Gina Marcela Ordoñez Andrade South Colombian University image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/modulema.v9i.32159

Keywords:

Culture, Indigenous Peoples, Social Inclusion, Health, Teachers

Abstract

Background: intercultural education is a process of transformation that implies the recognition of cultural diversity. This process poses challenges for the various educational actors, which are manifested in the daily experiences during the training processes. In nursing, considering these singularities favors the permanence and graduation of the student body. Objective: analyze intercultural strategies in Nursing education for Totonac and Nahuatl-speaking students at a university in Mexico. Methods: qualitative hermeneutic study. The information was collected through semi-structured interviews, the narratives of teachers were analyzed respect to intercultural strategies in the teaching of Nursing to Totonac and Nahuatl-speaking students. Results: intercultural strategies in Nursing education comprise a diversity of factors, including faculty experiences and professional trajectories, normative and institutional guidelines, as well as potentialities, barriers and challenges inherent to this type of training. Emphasis is placed on the relevance of these processes for the preservation of cultural identity and the transmission of ancestral knowledge, in the context of a continuous and dynamic exchange of knowledge. Conclusions: the strategies in intercultural teaching in Nursing include the experiences and trajectories of the teaching staff, the potential of this type of education and the institutional guidelines. Likewise, barriers and challenges posed by this educational model are recognized.

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Published

2025-05-16

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Rosero Medina, D. F., Zuñiga Meneses, J. S., Ortega Hernández, L., Guzmán Rivera, J. V., & Ordoñez Andrade, G. M. (2025). INTERCULTURALITY: TEACHING NURSING TO TOTONACO AND NAHUATL SPEAKING STUDENTS. MODULEMA. Scientific Journal on Cultural Diversity, 9, 63–82. https://doi.org/10.30827/modulema.v9i.32159

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