What is Initial Teacher Training

The presence of interculturality in the university curriculum is a relevant and topical pedagogical issue, which leads to the need for future education professionals to be properly prepared to face it with guarantees of success, linking the intercultural phenomenon with the approaches emanating from inclusive education. The objective of this chapter is to take stock of the discourses, theories, and pedagogical practices in the initial formation of intercultural education in the last 20 years in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain). Based on a thorough review of scientific literature, university plans in education sciences of Andalusian universities, as well as regulatory references on interculturality, the authors will proceed to carry out a critical pedagogical analysis to understand the trajectory and evolution of intercultural training in recent decades, projecting new lines of development for improvement, transformation, and impact of new intercultural training in university training spaces.