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Psicothema, 2008. Vol. Vol. 20 (nº 4). 945-950




Patrones de conducta interactiva en contexto escolar multicultural

María Luisa Herrero Nivela y Claudia S. Pleguezuelos Saavedra*

Universidad de Zaragoza y * Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chillán (Chile)

Este trabajo se inscribe en el marco de una investigación empírica basada en la metodología observacional. Constituye un estudio idiográfico, con un diseño observacional mixto de baja intervención, de tipo Seguimiento/ Nomotético/ Multidimensional. Utilizamos un instrumento diseñado in situ para el registro sistemático multidimensional de la compleja ocurrencia de varios tipos de eventos de conducta en tiempo real, que combina el formato de campo con el sistema de categorías. La fiabilidad del instrumento de observación se obtiene por medio del acuerdo del observador investigador consigo mismo. Se persigue un acercamiento al estudio de las relaciones sociales entre iguales de alumnos de primer año básico en contexto multicultural. Se presentan aquí algunas estructuras de búsqueda de proximidad social, ayuda y colaboración entre niños de cultura similar y de cultura diferente; descubiertas mediante la detección y análisis de patrones temporales de la situación interactiva de los niños y niñas observados durante el desarrollo de sus actividades académicas y lúdicas en el contexto natural de su colegio.

Patterns of interactive behavior in a multicultural school context. This paper is an empirical research based on observational methodology. It is an idiographic research with a mixed observational design of low intervention, of the following type: monitoring/nomothetical/multidimensional. We used a tool created in situ for the systematic multidimensional register of the complex occurrence of several types of behavioural events in real time, which combines the format of field investigation with the system of categories. The reliability of the observation tool is obtained through the researcher-observer’s agreement with him- or herself. Our aim is to study the social relationships between first-grade peer students in a multicultural context. We present some structures of seeking social closeness, help and cooperation among children of similar and different cultures, which were discovered through the detection and analysis of temporal patterns of the interactive situation of boys and girls who were observed during their academic and leisure activities in the natural context of their school.

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