Perfil de salida del bachiller ecuatoriano: la identidad e interculturalidad como “instrumento de transformación de la sociedad”

Abstract

Social and cultural transformations have entailed to the Ecuadorian State, through the Ministry of Education to incorporate changes in the educational system; among them, the implementation of intercultural education in all its scopes. Therefore, this research focuses on the output profile of the Ecuadorian secondary student graduates, related to the proposal of national identity and interculturality construction and the LOEI (2011, Art. 2b) as an instrument for society’s transformation. Thus, the topic of this work is Perfil de salida del bachiller ecuatoriano: la identidad e interculturalidad como “instrumento de transformación de la sociedad”. The research is qualitative and analyzes how identity is revealed by the students of the Educational Unit “Guillermo Mensi” of El Valle parish. This work was developed under two aspects such as the literature review and field work. First, different concepts that help to understand issues related to interculturality and identity were presented, and it was also explained what methodologies and research techniques were used to analyze the results, strengths and problems detected in the classroom. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are raised, among them; the exit profile generated in the educational institution is not responding to the needs of students in terms of the development of their identity. Therefore, it is necessary to promote in the classrooms different values that lead to forming true transforming citizens of society.