Formación y desarrollo de competencias TIC e intercultural de educadores infantiles para la convivencia escolar

Abstract

Multiculturality is phenomenon that, through the globalization and the emerging use of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), has become more notable within our society and has brought the need of having citizens able to value the differences present in others so, through the development of the Intercultural Competence, there can be a real intercultural dialogue and promote coexistence in schools. This article will analyze the characteristics of a training program based on the INCULTIC model and how it is related with the development of the Intercultural Competence and ICT Competence of future pedagogues in early childhood education. This study was developed under an Action-research approach, using both qualitative and quantitative techniques and instruments. A program based in the INCULTIC model was planned, designed, applied and evaluated in order to find out that, after finishing the program, there were significant changes in the development of the Intercultural Competence and ICT Competence of the participants after the training program. Through this study findings, it was evident that participants developed the skills and abilities to design and apply pedagogical strategies that were culturally appropriated in order to foster citizenship competences and communicative competences to promote school coexistence.