Od pogranicza kulturowego ku nowym wyzwaniom współczesnego świata. Praktyka edukacji międzykulturowej na przykładzie działalności Katedry Edukacji Międzykulturowej Wydziału Pedagogiki i Psychologii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku

Abstract

The Department of Intercultural Education (Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Bialystok) undertakes both scientific and practical activities that remain in a dialogue relation. Conclusions from the conducted research often motivate the team of the Department to design and implement practical activities adequate to current needs. The ideas of the cultural borderland have been present in the activity of the Department of Intercultural Education since the beginning of its establishment. The purpose of this chapter is to show the main areas of the educational practice of the Department of Intercultural Education that have developed over the years, including cooperation with other education institutions. Initiatives developing intercultural competence (among educators, teachers and students) take a special place. Due to the context of the establishment of the Department and, the specificity of its activities the theoretical background of the considerations presented in the text is the concept of cultural borderland.