INTER Group
Research in Intercultural Education
History
The INTER Group originated
with the joint work of a group of professors and
scholarship students in the Departments of Research and
Diagnostic Methods in Education (MIDE I and MIDE II) in
the Faculty of Education at the National Distance
Education University (Universidad Nacional de
Educación a Distancia, UNED). The group has become
consolidated over the years, from 1995 to today. Since
1999, it has been part of the Community of Madrid network
of research groups (madri+d).
Those of us who make up the
group are interested in promoting teaching and research in
areas related to cultural diversity and education. These
activities involve teaching and/or collaboration in
Doctoral and Masters courses, continuing training courses,
and courses in the degrees offered by the Faculty of
Education.
Through our participation
as coordinators in the INTER
Project (Socrates – Comenius Program, European
Commission), the group has grown to include people
belonging to different Spanish and European institutions.
Since the 2002/2003 academic year, the INTER group has
taught a Doctoral Program
on “Diversity and Equality in Education” (Faculty of
Education, UNED) which has reinforced our collaboration
with institutions such as the Higher Council of Scientific
Research (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas, CSIC) and the Universidad Complutense
de Madrid.
Since the 2011/12 academic year, the INTER group has taught
an official Master Programme, Euro-Latin American Master’s
Degree in Intercultural Education.
The INTER Group has been awarded in different ocassions:
- First Evens Prize for Intercultural Education 2005,
awarded by the Evens Foundation to Inter Project: a practical
guide to implement intercultural education, for
its contribution to social integration in Europe in the
field of intercultural education.
- First Aula prize 2007 for the best education and
educational communication book, in the modality of
publications about educational practice or scientific
communication which can promote youth interest, to the INTER Guide: a practical
guide to implement intercultural education at schools.
Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education.