Opportunities of the intercultural education in teaching-learning history.

Autor/in	Bolovan, Sorina Paula
Titel	Opportunities of the intercultural education in teaching-learning history.
Quelle	In: Acta didactica Napocensia, 2 (2009) Supplement 1, S. 35-42Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1504-9922; 2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Respekt; Bildungsforschung; Interkulturelle Bildung; Lehr-Lern-Forschung; Unterricht; Geschichte (Histor); Toleranz; Europa; Rumänien
Abstract	For centuries, the diversity of traditions and cultures has been one of the major assets of both Europe and Romania, and during the past decades the principle of tolerance has become the guarantee of a European open society aware of the importance of its cultural diversity. In the 21st century, we need to shift the focus of tolerance from the social and political realm towards the field of human relations, because the concept of tolerance seems to be insufficient and limited. Thus, we need to move from a tolerant co-existence to an active collaboration. This requires a knowledge of the past, and concrete practical and pragmatic actions. The education of both young people and adults plays a crucial role, as the majority must understand the problems of the minorities and accept and support the manifestation of ethnic identity, by protecting culture, religion, education, and languages. Authorities and the civil society must become involved in fighting discrimination and in the elimination of extremism, chauvinism, anti-Semitism or territorial separatism, in supporting cultural diversity and in encouraging interethnic dialogue, in the development of civic multiculturalism as a part of the European identity. The paper proposes to emphasize on intercultural education during history lessons, insisting on the idea that intercultural education is not a new discipline taught in school, but an instrument through which the teacher uses the knowledge of his discipline in order to make the student sensitive to diversity and human solidarity. Approaching history from the perspective of intercultural education does not mean supplementary acquisitions, but emphasizing and resizing the permanent knowledge accumulation of a good professional. At the same time, the comparative study of history through an intercultural perspective leads to a better understanding by the students of the relation between the universal and the particular. The past offers the present a historical perspective and solutions for the future.
Erfasst von	Externer Selbsteintrag
Update	2010/2