Traditional games, a factor that incide the development of intercultural skills

Abstract

The work arises from some difficulties that the students presented to interact, respect, accept, tolerate people who are from different cultures, which has resulted in some feeling intimidated, singled out, with low self-esteem, evidencing a tense environment. The following research question was formulated: How are intercultural competencies strengthened in eighth grade students of the Libertad Rural Educational Institution, in San Onofre, Sucre, through traditional games as pedagogical strategies? Establishing as an objective: to understand how through traditional games, as a pedagogical strategy, intercultural competences are strengthened in eighth grade students.

The research is qualitative with action research design, AI. The population under investigation is made up of 32 students. An interview questionnaire was designed and applied to teachers and one to students. It was concluded that many of the students are not sympathetic, nor do they show affection, nor are they in solidarity with their classmates or people from culturally different backgrounds. they also do not agree with working as a team with colleagues from other cultures. In addition, they do not consider important or value their peers from other cultures. For their part, teachers promote intercultural values, solidarity, the use of non-discriminatory language in the classroom. Most teachers state that they rarely use traditional games to promote intercultural skills among students.