Configurations of Meaning in Higher Education Faculty Regarding Principles of Inclusion and Diversity

Configuraciones de significado del cuerpo académico de educación superior respecto a los principios de inclusión y diversidad

Configurações de significado do corpo acadêmico de educação superior com relação aos princípios de inclusão e diversidade

Seguel Arriagada, Andrés - Otondo Briceño, Maite
Detalles Bibliográficos
2024
higher education
academic staff
diversity
inclusion
educación superior
cuerpo académico
diversidad
inclusión
educação superior
corpo acadêmico
diversidade
inclusão
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Universidad Católica del Uruguay
LIBERI
https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/paginasdeeducacion/article/view/4006
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/4694
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Sumario:The understanding of the principles of inclusion and diversity is a dialogic and recursive process that individuals construct and reconstruct throughout their life journey. Critical perspectives on inclusion view it through the lens of otherness, seeing it as an interpellative process. Similarly, diversity is understood as the recognition of differences and diversities among individuals. The aim of this research is to uncover how the meaning of inclusion and diversity is configured through the active discourses of higher education faculty who train educators, drawing from their lived experiences. The study is framed within an interpretive, qualitative paradigm, using a hermeneutic-phenomenological design. A convenience sample of ten participants was selected, each of whom participated in a semi-structured interview. The participants define inclusion and diversity as a multifactorial space for the expression of individuality, where both faculty and students can express their diversity as an enriching element of the educational process. This occurs through the creation of formative experiences that align with a universal design for teaching and learning.