RECONFIGURATION OF THE IDENTITY AND PROJECTS OF LIFE IN YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSITY INTERCULTURAL OF THE STATE OF PUEBLA

Abstract

This paper explores the reconfiguration of student identities of the Intercultural University of the State of Puebla (UIEP), in Mexico, from reflecting the components of school motivation, expectations and the construction of their life project in a significant context of multiculturalism, to understand the link between an incipient proposal of intercultural educational model and the vision of its students. The basis of field work is participant observation and observation (Ardévol et al, 2003), in an environment of daily interaction with students, and an instrument was designed and applied following analytical categories of life projects proposed by Ovidio and Hernández (2000). Although many students enter the university with vague goals and in a situation of uncertainty (Tinto, 2004, cited in Silva, 2011), preliminary results of this work suggest significant expectations from university students to continue studying due to three aspects: family support for their formation, the bonds of community cohesion and a university environment, resources that allow dialogue with their culture and at the same time reconfigure their identity for the construction of their life project.

Keywords

• identity
• reconfiguration
• life projects
• cultural diversity