Methodological Guidelines for Elaborating the Curriculum of Intercultural Education with a Focus on the Values of Tolerance

Authors

  • Ioana Boghian Lecturer PhD, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Bacău, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/86

Keywords:

intercultural education, curriculum, methodological guidelines, values, tolerance

Abstract

Our paper proposes a series of methodological guidelines for elaborating the curriculum of intercultural education with a focus on the values of tolerance. The aim is to provide curriculum suggestions for intercultural education as a discipline in adult education undergraduate and graduate study programmes. The present work relies on a thorough literature review on values promoted by intercultural education, the opportunities provided by intercultural education to promote non-discrimination values and attitudes in the context of an increasingly globalised world and labour market, defined primarily by versatility and intercultural / multicultural work settings and teams. Our experimental research aim is to provide evidence that IE can be a decisive factor in building tolerance-related attitudes and methodological guidelines on how IE may be implemented in adult education.

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2018-12-21

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Boghian, I. (2018). Methodological Guidelines for Elaborating the Curriculum of Intercultural Education with a Focus on the Values of Tolerance. Revista Romaneasca Pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 10(4), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/86