INCLUSIVE AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF DIFFICULT ACCESS

Abstract

The fight for equality and the defense of human rights in the current globalized and multicultural context, is a problematic of unusual dimensions in the training of people. Early childhood education is a privileged instance to understand diversity as a factor of cultural enrichment. Family and school are the first settings, where boys and girls get in contact with culture, molding their identity. This study is circumscribed to the non conventional educational modality called "kindergarten on wheels" (jardin sobre ruedas) in Vilches Alto area, Maule Region, which provides the chance to describe and interpret the educational performance, in the light of mothers living in rural remote areas. As research design, the case study was used, incorporating focus group and interviews as data collection instruments. It should be pointed out that, among the most relevant results, mothers consider this educational experience as an inclusive instance which favors the integral development of boys and girls.