Integración al currículo de la cultura afro para el fortalecimiento de la identidad étnica

Valdés Reyes, Deissi María | 2022

Today´s society requires a citizen who is capable of interacting with the surrounding sociocultural context, generating close relationships with it, through contributions in the creation of new processes to transform their habitat and satisfy their interests. For this reason, the educational system provides students, including the Afro ssubject, with the possibility of academic and personal development by strengthening their self-esteem in order to achieve ethnic, cultural, linguistic and identity visibility in the context of globalization. From this point of view, the present study aims to design a didactic proposal that makes possible the integration of Raizal knowledge and values into the curriculum as a basis for strengthening ethnic identity. It is contextualized in the chair of Afro-Colombian studies, specifically with students of fourth and second grade of basic primary of the IED La Salle and Carlos Meisel, respectively, in Atlántico, Colombia. It works under a mixed paradigm (multi-method approach of a qualitative-quantitative nature) collecting information through instruments such as the analysis matrix, the questionnaire and the interview script. The samples are representative of students and teachers from both institutions. The samples are representative of students and teachers from both institutions. The main results show significant efforts to strengthen the curriculum from the conception and implementation of strategies of recognition of ethnic identity, otherness and pluralism included in the daily class plans. It is concluded that ethno-educational projects need to impact the curriculum, specifically, in the Afro-Colombian chair from the historical, ethnic, ethical, religious, cultural context with the respective process of appropriation by the communities.