Primary school teachers\u27 opinions about the importance of intercultural counselling

Današnja družba predstavlja areno najrazličnejših kultur, katerih značilnosti se med seboj prepletajo. Predmet razprave v pričujočem prispevku je interkulturno svetovanje. V prvem delu prispevka je predstavljen pomen inturkulturnega svetovanja kot vir pomoči učitelju pri soočanju z interkulturnostjo. V drugem delu prispevka so predstavljeni rezultati empirične raziskave, izvedene junija 2009, s katero smo ugotavljali, kako osnovnošolski učitelji ocenjujejo pomembnost interkulturnih svetovalnih kompetenc.The society of today is a mosaic of different cultures, made up of a mixture of their characteristics. Because of this, the subject of this article is teachers\u27 opinions about intercultural counseling. In the first part of the article a theoretlcal basis of the inter-cultural element in the classroom is presented. The role of intercultural counseling is also dealt with, which is an important (supportive) factor for teachers who are facing a stressful intercultural environment. The results of the empirical research, which was made in June 2009, are introduced in the second part of the article. The aim of the research, carried out among primary school teachers, was to discover their opinions about the competence of intercultural counseling