Abstract
The present study discusses how intercultural competence in educational research could be integrated as a curricular component in higher education. It argues that such an articulation could promote learning and digital learning as a conversation of race and racism through research-informed action. In a decolonial multicultural theoretical framework (Banks, 2004; Ivenicki, 2018; 2023), it argues that such a perspective helps problematize homogenized and colonized ways of developing educational research and digital learning, therefore representing both a way to develop intercultural competences and inclusion in curriculum in higher education, and of protesting against research that silences the voices of minoritized groups. Methodology has been based on bibliographic analysis of knowledge production, as the paper seeks to articulate theoretical considerations to the analysis of illustrations of institutional research as evidenced in articles of a Special Interest Group called Racial and Ethnic Relations within the Brazilian National Association of Research and Post-Graduate Studies – ANPEd , a relevant association that develops research and organizes bi-annual conferences with presentation of cutting edge articles authored by Educational Post-Graduate faculty and their supervised MEd and PhD students in Brazil. It also delved into PhD theses developed in an intercultural study group at a public Brazilian university, taken as illustrations of ways in which intercultural thinking informed and has been translated into curriculum syllabuses. The study concludes, discussing possibilities in translating intercultural thinking into curricular competences aimed at developing inclusive perspectives in educational research.
Presenters
Ana IvenickiProfessor Emeritus in Education, Faculty of Education, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Intercultural Competences, Higher Education Curriculum, Educational Research, Multicultural Digital Learning
