A Pedagogical Experience to Delve Into Students’ Sense of Cultural Belonging and Intercultural Understanding in a Rural School

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Culture, curricular units, interculturality, rural education

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Bertha Ramos Holguín
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja
Jahir Aguirre Morales
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja
Carmen Matilde Hernández
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

Abstract

Rural education has been the focus for several research studies which reveal a tendency to include students’ home context in the curriculum. Considering the aforementioned statement, this article aims to share a pedagogical experience which was carried out in a rural school in Guavatá, Santander, Colombia. The main purpose of this experience was to integrate eleventh graders’ rural context through the design of curricular units. After implementing the curricular units, information was collected through a journal, a semi-structured interview, and students’ surveys. The outcomes of the experience showed that aspects such as students’ sense of cultural belonging and intercultural understanding were enhanced.

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Ramos Holguín, B., Aguirre Morales, J., & Hernández, C. M. (2012). A Pedagogical Experience to Delve Into Students’ Sense of Cultural Belonging and Intercultural Understanding in a Rural School. HOW, 19(1), 123–145. Retrieved from https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/41
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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2012): HOW
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Author Biographies

Bertha Ramos Holguín, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

Bertha Ramos Holguín is an assistant professor at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. She holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Universidad Distrital. She belongs to the research group “TONGUE.” She currently teaches at the Modern Languages and Foreign Languages Licenciatura programs and in the M.A. in Language Teaching at UPTC. She has co-authored English textbooks, and published research articles related to English Language Teaching.

Jahir Aguirre Morales, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

Jahir Aguirre Morales is an assistant professor at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. He holds an M.A. in English Didactics from Universidad de Caldas. He belongs to the research group “TONGUE.”He currently teaches at the Modern Languages and Foreign Languages Licenciatura programs at UPTC. He has co-authored English textbooks, and published research articles related to English Language Teaching.

Carmen Matilde Hernández, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja

Carmen Matilde Hernández is an English teacher at Instituto Técnico Agropecuario in Guavatá, Santander. She holds a B.A. in Modern Languages from Universidad Distrital and is currently a candidate for the M.A. in Language Teaching. She belongs to the research group “TONGUE.”

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