IMMIGRATION AND EDUCATION. THE ANDALUSIAN CONTEXT: AN EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE

The arrival of an important number of foreign immigrants from diverse nations in the Spanish context, has meant a radical change in the human landscape of many of our cities and municipalities. To jointly educate people of different cultures implies working on a common cultural space that does not mean loss of identity but enrichment. In this article we present the different face, as well as the means that are being developed to confront the educational challenge that implies the presence of student immigrants in the Spanish classrooms in general and Andalusia in particular.