Keywords
Poland
intercultural education
global education
sensitive topics
Abstract
The article critically engages in teaching intercultural education in Poland—a country that is to a great extent homogenous in ethnic or religious terms. It starts with a brief overview of the complicated nature of intercultural education, followed by a case study of how intercultural education is studied and researched in Poland in a top academic journal dedicated to intercultural education. Quantitative content analysis shows that intercultural education is generally approached and unrelated to the local Polish context. The only exception is the borderland type of intercultural education. This leads to a conclusion that teaching intercultural education without a context—i.e. real-life experiences—proves to be a challenge in monocultural schools.
Funding
Sensiclass: Tackling Sensitive Topics in a Classroom – Erasmus Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education, Grant Agreement No. 2019-KA203-05
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