Interkulturalni odgoj i obrazovanje kao čimbenik suživota u multikulturalnom društvu

The meetings of different cultures in the modern world are taking place almost every moment in the various forms of communication. Development of attitudes towards culturally different people becomes a key factor in dealing with the inevitable changes caused by the transition of unique monocultures in the cultural pluralistic community. Mutual contacts of members of different cultures thereby imply the necessity of quality interrelations based on the idea of interculturalism that occurs as a possible solution for quality coexistence in a multicultural society. Faced with the consequences of mass migration at the global level, educational institutions become the meeting point of different cultures, resulting in a need of installing of intercultural principles in the educational systems of European countries. Intercultural education education, viewed in the the context of promoting European values and support the European dimension of education as the dominant guideline of educational policies in European countries, implies the need for a new approach to curriculum design while development of intercultural competence of teachers, as moderators of intercultural relations, is an important component of their lifelong learning adapted to the needs and requirements of modern multicultural society.