Intercultural competence for all - Preparation for living in a heterogeneous world (Pestalozzi series n°2)

Download or read book Intercultural competence for all - Preparation for living in a heterogeneous world (Pestalozzi series n°2) written by Collectif and published by Conseil de l'Europe. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education which helps citizens live together in our diverse societies is a matter of urgency. We all need to develop the ability to understand each other across all types of cultural barriers; this is a fundamental prerequisite for making our diverse democratic societies work.This publication looks at the development of intercultural competence as a key element of mainstream education. It stresses the need firstly for an appropriate education policy which puts intercultural competence at the heart of all education and, above all, for the development, on an everyday basis, of the necessary attitudes, skills and knowledge needed for mutual understanding. Without these, no sustainable societal change is possible.