The Situation of Immigrant Students in Latin American School: An Exploration from the Perspectives of Inclusion and Interculturality

The essay aims to explore the situation of immigrant students in Latin American schools focusing on two aspects: the factors that limit an inclusive and intercultural educational practice and the ways in which students respond to the challenges posed by their school experience. The conclusion is tha...

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Autor: Merino Solari, Renatto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/3421
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/educacion/article/view/3421
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:educación inclusiva
educación intercultural
estudiantes inmigrantes
identidad cultural
escuela
inclusive education
intercultural education
immigrant students
cultural identity
school
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Sumario:The essay aims to explore the situation of immigrant students in Latin American schools focusing on two aspects: the factors that limit an inclusive and intercultural educational practice and the ways in which students respond to the challenges posed by their school experience. The conclusion is that two contradictory conceptions/practices of education coexist in Latin American educational systems. One, which understands education as a public good that can be universalized under the same conditions for all; the other, which conceives education as a limited good in relation to the economic, social and cultural possibilities of families, a model imposed by the neoliberal shift that took place in the region. This tension has a direct impact on school life and is manifested in two paradoxical situations: i) states recognize that they must guarantee education for all, but at the same time, they promote the expansion of a segregating educational market; ii) the incorporation of inclusion and intercultural approaches in national policies and curricula coexist with discriminatory practices and non-recognition of cultural identity.Consequently, immigrant students find themselves in a situation of permanent tension between forms of “subordinate inclusion” and the struggle for recognition of their rights and respect for their cultural particularities.