Report Section 8.1.: "Intercultural Education"

Section Chairs: Susanne Binder/Mikael Luciak (Wien)


Procedure

The section on intercultural education had 16 presenters and two virtual contributors from Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Turkey, the United States of America, England, and Romania. The contributors have a background in the disciplines of education, anthropology, political science, and philosophy and work as university professors and lecturers, school teachers, in educational administration, as parliamentary advisors, and in non-governmental organisations. Most presentations were attended by 20 to 30 listeners and feedback of the presenters and the participants shows a high satisfaction with the process and content of the discussed topics in the section. The aim to improve networking between researchers and practitioners across different disciplines and work areas and across different countries, has been accomplished.


Contents

The topics addressed in the presentations included:


Conclusions

Main concerns and recommendations mentioned in various presentations were the following: