Wielokulturowość i globalizacja a strategie edukacji międzykulturowej

Abstract

Multiculturalism is eternal phenomenon, which exists in the whole world. It brings many positive results, but may also be the cause or pretext of conflicts, wars, tragedies. Multiculturaliral education and above all intercultural education is the attempt to create multicultural world, in which people live in friendship and cooperate creating the conditions towards satisfying course of living. The popularization of ideas and practice of intercultural education depends on the inclusion of various kinds of multiculturalism and on taking advantage of the chances brought by globalisation. The article presents the main types of multiculturalism and proeducational chances related to some of the existing ways of globalisation. On this background, different strategies of acting, which are intercultural education friendly, are presented.