Interculturality and pedagogical practices in Chilean preschool education

Introduction: currently in the educational field, boys and girls face new cultures, customs, and languages, through intercultural classrooms from the first years of Chilean education, this due to the growing migration and appreciation of native peoples.Objective: the study aims to describe the intercultural practices carried out by early childhood educators at different levels of early childhood education in educational establishments in the commune of Curicó, Maule region, Chile.Methods: research responds to a qualitative investigation, case study, descriptive, through a semi-structured interview with five early childhood educators, which responds to being an intentional sample.Results: the results show that the preschool educators carry out intercultural practices occasionally, focused on festivities and using mostly audiovisual resources.Conclusions: Based on the above, we can conclude with the need to incorporate intercultural practices permanently and constantly in a transversal manner, independent of the pedagogical topic that is being worked on with the boys and girls.