Notes on intercultural competencies in higher education: what do the students whith the highest grades think

Discussing intercultural competences in Brazilian higher education presupposes a look at the cultural aspects and the process of developing competences, as well as interlacing with discussions about other topics. The predominance of "archaic monocultural formats" that reproduce various for...

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Autores: Clemente, Fabiane Aparecida Santos, Morosini, Marilia Costa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Revista Internacional de Educação Superior
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8654622
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/riesup/article/view/8654622
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intercultural skills
Student performance
Interculturality
Skills
Competencias interculturales
Rendimiento del estudiante
Interculturalidad
Habilidades
Competências interculturais
Desempenho discente
Interculturalidade
Competências
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Sumario:Discussing intercultural competences in Brazilian higher education presupposes a look at the cultural aspects and the process of developing competences, as well as interlacing with discussions about other topics. The predominance of "archaic monocultural formats" that reproduce various forms of racism or even an environment based on a functional interculturality in this context instigates us to nurture reflections on its evolution. In addition, skills are a fundamental theme in the educational environment, since preparing students for the global world is already more than a reality. This research sought to analyze the perception of the students regarding the concept of intercultural competences and competences (CI) and their practices in a Brazilian public university. The way forward was a field research, qualitative, case study, using questionnaire and Discursive Textual Analysis (DAT). The main results brought theoretical confirmation of the predominance in Brazil of the concept of competences as input and the concept of intercultural competences (polysemic) as a branch of it. There emerged from the discourses, essential elements (context, social actors and practices) for the development of intercultural competences in higher education, as well as four categories that could influence the improvement of this process: Concept of competences and concept of intercultural competences; practices for the promotion of IC in university and university environment. Dealing with intercultural competences in Brazilian higher education.