Education for Diversity

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: diversity must be seen as a social phenomenon, in this regard should include not only the institutions but community life itself, the aim of this paper is to document from the voice of the educational actors attributable constructs meaning to the concept diversity in a educational Institution at the city of Cucuta. METHODS: This work is done from the qualitative paradigm, his focus is Grounded Theory, implementing techniques such open and semi-structured interview, open, axial and selective coding, memoranda and focus groups. RESULTS: The main categories associated with the concept of diversity were culture, gender, race, socioeconomic sta-tus, difference and discrimination. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION. Diversity is constructed linked to a foreign territory as opposition to ourself, so the actors do not conceptualize the category as tehyself. CONCLUSION: recognition of diversity itself is a strategy for articulating the principles of fairness and equal opportunities within the Colombian educational system, so when foreclosu-re actions lies hidden operated