The Training of Educators in Praxis. Experiences Drawn from the Master's Degree in Intercultural Education

Abstract

This paper aims to defend and illustrate the way university teaching can contribute to overcoming the dichotomies of theory and practice, research and action, scientific knowledge and professional knowledge in the training of educators. To this end, the first section addresses the commitment towards emancipatory research in response to how and with whom to research, from both collaborative and participatory perspectives; the second introduces the intercultural focus as a framework for moving beyond dichotomization; and the third part stresses the role of university education in overcoming these logics, illustrating how our university teaching promotes educational praxis in its dual role as a reflective practice, of research and intervention, in the Euro-Latin American Master's Degree in Intercultural Education run by the Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED). To conclude, we list a number of aspects, which we suggest should be promoted in order to provide a renewed perspective on socio-educational intervention and research.