INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN EDUCATION: CRITICAL REFLECTION IN THE MUSEUM CONTEXT

Summary- The paper underlies the importance of the museum and in-ternational scientific partnership to promote and add value to the regional cultural heritage, as a condition for developing greater awareness of the civi-lisational framework of cultural inheritance at the global level. The goal of the action research carried out in parallel in Italy and Serbia and involving 170 children was to devise, realise and evaluate an education-al programme that would bring museums closer to children. Reflexivity and triangulation were used in this research endeavour based on a constructivist theoretical framework. Reflecting on the activities carried out and the data collected, the authors of this paper, as participants in the research, are able to validate several important roles of the museum as a place that facilitates the development of an awareness of the cultural heritage of one’s own country, skills and capabilities, the social and individual construction of meaning, as well as the development of international partnership. The research findings confirm that the field of qualitative educational dis