培训对从事移民儿童工作的专业人员跨文化能力的影响

Introduction: Intercultural competences facilitate the understanding between diverse people facilitating the educational intervention. This paper analyzes the level of intercultural competences of a group of Social Education professionals working with migrant children before and after specific training. Method: A quantitative methodology was used comparing two groups with pretest-posttest measurement. A total of 224 professionals from different parts of Spain participated and were divided into an experimental group and a control group. Results: The results obtained showed that intercultural competencies increased significantly in the experimental group once the training was carried out while no significant changes were obtained in the control group. Conclusions: The training in intercultural competencies aimed at professionals working with migrant children, increased the level in the different areas that were worked, in addition, the results obtained prior to the training, demonstrated the need for specific training that Social Education professionals have, especially in areas related to intercultural education.