Practical Guide of Intercultural Education

AbstractNowadays, we are living in a world wherein the education is becoming more and more a self-development process for both its ends – teacher and student. The former must apply a trans-disciplinary approach during the development process of student's knowledge. In my point of view, when planning classes and curriculums, it is crucial to take into consideration the psycho-social traits and particularities of the participants and to elaborate methodologies based on active, non-formal strategies. In order to accomplish this very purpose, the institution of school must be cultural first but also multicultural.This should be the main objective of education in the Romanian society, given that several nationalities coexist for centuries in the same geographical area, especially in Transylvania (i.e. Hungarians, Germans, Gypsies). This research is a psycho-pedagogical experiment consisting in the implementation of an intercultural educational program, addressing teenagers in two of the most representative high-schools in Targu-Mures (a city from Transylvania renowned for its diversion of minorities). The stated purpose of the project is to develop the student's multicultural competencies and give a “wake-up call” to teachers in particular and the community in general about the need of multicultural education