This paper analyses the evolution of intercultural discourses and practices in Catalan schools (Spain), based on two studies contextualised in different times. The fi rst study was conducted in the 2000/2001 academic year, a time of incipient immigration and the incorporation of the intercultural discourse. The second study (2015/2016), nevertheless, took place in a context of migratory stabilisation and consolidation of the intercultural discourse in the autonomous community. Both studies took the quantitative methodological approach. The results showed that intercultural discourses and practices have evolved positively (in terms of their presence in school documents, actions taken and teacher training) and in keeping with European Union guidelines over the years. However, it still remains the challenge of debunking the belief that intercultural education is related to students of foreign nationality, and therefore the practice that intercultural education is mainly addressed at schools with high percentages of students of foreign nationality.

Cet article est une synthèse faite sur les relations école-familles immigrées au Québec et en Catalogne. Les auteures ont une longue expérience de collaboration dans ce domaine. Sont présentées les difficultés réelles ou projetées de ces relations. Les recherches recensées explorent la problématique selon des enjeux sociétaux relatifs à la diversité ethnoculturelle dans les deux contextes (en particulier à l’école), du point de vue du profil socioéconomique des familles, à travers la réalité de la communication avec l’école et le suivi scolaire fait par les parents. Les auteures ont questionné la manière dont la formation initiale des enseignants, au Québec et en Catalogne, intègre la problématique de la diversité ethnoculturelle, donc les relations école-familles immigrées, à travers ses curricula. En conclusion, des idées directrices de l’interculturel sont présentées, une modalité de formalisation de la diversité pour sa reconnaissance et sa prise en compte effective dans les politiques et les pratiques, pour une synergie entre l’école, la communauté et différents partenaires afin de soutenir les familles immigrées dans l’actualisation de leur capital socioculturel et l’engagement dans la scolarité de leurs enfants.This article is a synthesis on relationships between schools and immigrant families in Québec and Catalonia. The authors, who have extensive experience in this field, present the real or projected difficulties within these relationships. The research the authors collected explores the problem based on societal issues related to ethno-cultural diversity in both contexts (particularly at the school), in terms of the families’ socio-economic profile, the reality of communication with the school, and the parents’ scholastic follow-up. The authors question how the teacher’s initial training, both in Québec and Catalonia, integrated the problem of cultural diversity, and thus the relationships between the school and immigrant families. In conclusion, the article presents guideline ideas for interculturalism geared to formalizing the diversity so that it can be effectively recognized and considered in policies and practices, encouraging synergy between the school, the community and different partners in order the help immigrant families actualize their social capital and involvement in their children’s education.Este artículo es una síntesis de las relaciones escuela – familias inmigrantes en Quebec y en Cataluña. Las autoras poseen una larga experiencia de colaboración en dicho campo. Se presentan las dificultades reales o proyectadas de dichas relaciones. Las investigaciones inventariadas exploran la problemática a partir de los retos sociales relacionados con la diversidad etnocultural en los dos contextos (particularmente en las escuelas), desde el punto de vista del perfil socioeconómico de las familias, a través de la realidad de la comunicación con la escuela y del seguimiento escolar que los padres realizan. Las autoras cuestionan la manera en que la formación inicial de los maestros, en Quebec y e...

Family/school communication has not been a central theme of educational research in Spain. In fact, it can safely be stated that it has rarely been the focus of work although it is also true that the relation between these two institutions or the participation of the families in the school have been analysed in depth. This text aims to supply an overall view from our own empirical work (ethnographic and survey) of the main channels of communication and the use made of these. The starting point is that there are many channels but that these are not always used or used adequately which leads to important obstacles in the communication and that Resumen: En España la comunicación familia/escuela no ha sido una temática central en la investigación sobre educación, de hecho, se puede afirmar que en pocas ocasiones ha sido el foco de trabajo. Aunque sí es cierto que la relación entre ambas instituciones o la participación de las familias en la escuela han sido analizados en profundidad. Este texto pretende aportar una visión de conjunto, a partir de un trabajo empírico propio (etnográfico y encuesta), de los principales canales de comunicación existentes y el uso que se realiza de ellos. El punto de partida es que existen múltiples canales pero éstos no siempre se utilizan o utilizan adecuadamente comportando que existan obstáculos importantes en la comunicación y que ésta sea mejorable. Además, un punto destacable es el poco uso que se realiza de las nuevas tecnologías a pesar del potencial que tendrían.Palabras clave: Comunicación, Familia-Escuela, Participación, Nuevas Tecnologías.

In a pluricultural and multi-religious world, with high levels of social secularisation, the role of religious education in schools (especially in state-funded schools) has inundated political and academic debate throughout Europe, which is becoming increasingly more committed to integrating, non-confessional models. In this context, it is essential to analyse how religious education is managed in countries whose relationship between state and religion is still firmly rooted (as is the case of Spain), and what the action of schools and families is in contexts where confessional religion is maintained in schools. Based on a quantitative study of 380 representatives of primary school management teams, it is seen that one in four schools does not teach any type of religion, either due to a lack of demand from families or because the school chooses not to do so. In addition, the study shows the practical limitations of the confessional model to provide a response to the religious and secular diversity of our time, as the implementation of minority confessions is very scant whilst there is a primacy of the catholic confession in the religion subject.

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