Childhood, Culture and Emotion: A Study on Heartfelt Competences

In this paper we address 16 out of the 46 items that constitute an ad hoc instrument designed to investigate the intercultural competence level of educators working with migrant children without family references in Spain. Although the study has eight objectives, in this paper we focus exclusively on identifying gaps in the intercultural competence training of those educators. Based on the descriptive method, this research project has used a representative sample of 334 subjects distributed among the different Spanish regions. After the analysis of the collected data, the results show that the level of intercultural competence felt by the respondents is relatively low. There are also some significant differences when conducting comparative analysis between male and female professional groups. In the latter group the skill level attained is perceived to be slightly higher.