Intercultural learning in diverse schools: obstacles, opportunities, and outlooks
The emergence in recent years of the concept of intercultural learning has raised questions about how the notion relates to a pedagogy that fosters openness, exploration, and critical thinking. In this article, the author provides a critical examination of a conventional understanding of intercultu...
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The emergence in recent years of the concept of intercultural learning has raised questions about how the notion relates to a pedagogy that fosters openness, exploration, and critical thinking. In this article, the author provides a critical examination of a conventional understanding of intercultural learning to clarify its construction and to elucidate its instructional implications. Central to this alternative is a pedagogy that acknowledges students’ former experiences and competencies without making cultural predictions. Instead of reducing the process of understanding to a technical issue, this paper advocates the integration of intercultural learning in schools by connecting the curriculum to students’ lives and identities. This paper ends with a consideration of the future prospects of intercultural learning, suggesting more research on how intercultural learning actually takes place in schools and society.
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| spelling | doaj-art-eb4dd9cbc9bb4445b976e7323f607a1f2025-02-11T11:18:27ZengUniversity of GdańskProblemy Wczesnej Edukacji1734-15822451-22302018-09-0142310.26881/pwe.2018.42.08Intercultural learning in diverse schools: obstacles, opportunities, and outlooksThor-André Skrefsrud0Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences The emergence in recent years of the concept of intercultural learning has raised questions about how the notion relates to a pedagogy that fosters openness, exploration, and critical thinking. In this article, the author provides a critical examination of a conventional understanding of intercultural learning to clarify its construction and to elucidate its instructional implications. Central to this alternative is a pedagogy that acknowledges students’ former experiences and competencies without making cultural predictions. Instead of reducing the process of understanding to a technical issue, this paper advocates the integration of intercultural learning in schools by connecting the curriculum to students’ lives and identities. This paper ends with a consideration of the future prospects of intercultural learning, suggesting more research on how intercultural learning actually takes place in schools and society. https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/pwe/article/view/1999intercultural learningintercultural communicationmulticultural educationcultural diversity |
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