Nolfa Ibáñez and her concern for inclusion and interculturality in education

Abstract

The concern for inclusion in education has been recurrent in the last thirty to forty years, both internationally and nationally because in today's culture it is not possible to accept segregation in the entrance to kindergartens, schools, lyceums or colleges of infants, children, adolescents and young people due to their socioeconomic, ethnic situation or specific disorders.  whether transitory or permanent. The concern for interculturality in education has also begun to be considered in recent decades in the country due to the Mapuche problem hidden for more than a century and the large influx of immigrants in recent years. In this context, the academic work developed by the academic Nolfa Ibáñez is relevant, who for her research and practical action in both subjects for more than forty years, both at the Metropolitan University of Education Sciences and at the Ministry of Education, was recognized with the National Award in Education Sciences in 2021. As a result of his research, he develops the pedagogical proposal Integrative Interactional Methodology, MII, which focuses on pedagogical attention to the diversity of students and the importance of emotions for learning. This work is circumscribed to the qualitative paradigm with phenomenological and hermeneutic episteme, since the life and thought of the National Prize will be described and analyzed, resorting to documentary analysis and with a historical approach, considering primary sources (interviews and writings of the author) and secondary sources (interviews and writings about the author).