La educación superior en México: un ejemplo de interculturalidad

Abstract

Mexico is a pluricultural country that has diverse population groups, which demands an education of an inclusive nature that favors the equalization of opportunities for those who have historically been excluded and whose knowledge has not been known. This article presents the concepts and meanings associated with the ideas of interculturality and good living in the Mexican University of the XXI Century, analyzing their characteristics, relationships and contributions to the country. For this, a comprehensive review of bibliographic sources was carried out, in order to identify the academic production on the categories mentioned. As a result, some interpretations on higher education and the notion of good living and their connection with intercultural education are addressed, with emphasis on the educational inclusion of indigenous populations; Followed, the experiences identified according to their approach and scope are presented, in order to highlight how and where alterantives proposals are being proposed to the vision of education and conventional development, highlighting an emblematic case of the country: Intercultural University Of Chiapas-UNICH; Finally, some conclusions are presented regarding the very state of the issue of Intercultural Higher Education for Good Living in Mexico, the advances in theoretical terms of the subject and the outline of the implications and challenges that this entails for the country.