Philosophy of Education: multiculturalism and interculturality

Abstract

The text, first, defines and distinguishes the concepts of multiculturalism and  interculturality. Then, it reports situations of the destruction of the culture and territories of the “capixabas” (people from the state of Espirito Santo in Brasil) by the action of multinational corporations. Finally, it illustrates the educational initiative of Alternance Pedagogy, didactically grounded in appreciation of local cultures. In these schools it is taught that it is possible a different dialectic between the local culture and globalized knowledge. Such schools currently exist in 21 states of the  states of the Brasilian Federation.

Key words: Territoriality; multiculturalism; local cultures; education; Alternance Pedagogy.