This paper tackles the difficult problem that immigration poses for developed Western European societies and the need of anew modelof intercultural education which puts the emphasis of educational activity not so much on “intellectual understanding” as on the acceptance and welcoming of thepersonwho isdifferent, on account of his/her culture or ethnic group. Educational proposals are put forward that are materialized in a change of the intercultural education model, the involvement of the family and of society in changing attitudes towards immigrants, the need not to attribute a metahistorical or essentialist meaning to cultural identity, and the restoring of an ethical and political dimension of educational activity.
Can an intercultural education model combat discrimination and xenophobia?
