Academic trajectories of indigenous students of the URACCAN, Recinto Bilwi

Abstract

This research documented the academic background of ten indigenous and afrodescendants students, making reference to their experiences and point of views as they go trough the university, paying more attention to the academic achievement in the multicultural context where the educational process is been carried out. Among the relevant factors that have influenced, various aspects are highlighted, such as: the ethnicity, language, family support and the strategies implemented in the educational process. The theoretical perspective in order to address the paths of life was focus as a qualitative study from a phenomenological approach that is based on life stories. Elements of the cultural reproduction theory, critical theory and symbolic interactionism were joint so that based on the results and trying to explain the events it demonstrated that there is an epistemological convergence permeating such events.