Javier Barrios’s scientific contributions

This interdisciplinary study explores teacher training's role in fostering intercultural competence. Emphasizing the rural context, it delves into the complexities of cultural diversity within educational settings. By integrating various disciplines, the research seeks to develop strategies for enhancing teachers' ability to navigate multicultural environments effectively. The study aims to address the unique challenges faced by educators in rural areas and propose practical approaches to promote intercultural understanding and collaboration. It examines the synergy between research and intercultural skills in teaching practice, emphasizing their role in promoting educational equity and inclusion. It reflects the nexus of research skills, intercultural competence, and teacher training in contemporary education. By focusing on a research agenda, to foster inclusive and diverse education. It targets four public schools in Suan, Atlántico, analyzing local culture's impact on teaching methods to generate knowledge and improve educational outcomes.

This interdisciplinary study explores teacher training's role in fostering intercultural competence. Emphasizing the rural context, it delves into the complexities of cultural diversity within educational settings. By integrating various disciplines, the research seeks to develop strategies for enhancing teachers' ability to navigate multicultural environments effectively. The study aims to address the unique challenges faced by educators in rural areas and propose practical approaches to promote intercultural understanding and collaboration. It examines the synergy between research and intercultural skills in teaching practice, emphasizing their role in promoting educational equity and inclusion. It reflects the nexus of research skills, intercultural competence, and teacher training in contemporary education. By focusing on a research agenda, to foster inclusive and diverse education. It targets four public schools in Suan, Atlántico, analyzing local culture's impact on teaching methods to generate knowledge and improve educational outcomes.

The article explores how the development of research competencies in teacher education can contribute to improving intercultural competence, allowing preservice teachers to better understand the needs of students from diverse cultural contexts and adapt their teaching methods effectively. It analyzed how research competencies and intercultural competence are integrated into teaching practice, highlighting how teachers can use research skills to effectively address the educational needs of diverse students, thus promoting inclusion and educational equity. This title reflects the convergence of three fundamental aspects in contemporary education: the incorporation of research skills in the classroom, the development of intercultural skills in students and teachers, and the importance of solid and updated teacher training. The article explores how these areas intertwine and complement each other to promote inclusive, diverse, and quality education in a globalized world. Therefore, the problem question focused on the exploration of the development of intercultural competencies through a research agenda that integrates topics related to the selection of local culture for teaching, and created with the purpose of promoting the development and generation of knowledge in the intervened social sector, where four public schools in the Municipality of Suan in the south of the Department of Atlántico benefit: Alianza para el Progreso (Alliance for Progress) Educational Institution, Antonio Nariño Educational Institution, Luisa Rodríguez Educational Center, Adolfo León Bolívar Marenco Technical Educational Institution - Headquarters Major, emerging categories of analysis of local culture, which serve as sublines of research for each research project directed by the teacher-advisor