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<p>The text presents the assumptions of cross-cultural education, emphasizing that in the multicultural world it is necessary to look for solutions used in the past as regards the formation and functioning of supranational communities. The author believes that currently, in light of increasing nationalisms, cross-cultural competence that enables the formation of supranational communities is indispensable.</p>
<p>He points out that we should refer to the tradition of the Commonwealth of many nations in this respect. He considers the functioning of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, experiences of the multicultural policy of that time, where other nations were treated with appreciation and respect, as something that should be accomplished by contemporary cross-cultural education. He highlights the need to draw on that multicultural experiment, to reflect on it and analyze it in order to realize the essence of tradition of civil liberties and relationships between free people and communities based on freedom.</p>
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The text presents the assumptions of cross-cultural education, emphasizing that in the multicultural world it is necessary to look for solutions used in the past as regards the formation and functioning of supranational communities. The author believes that currently, in light of increasing nationalisms, cross-cultural competence that enables the formation of supranational communities is indispensable.
He points out that we should refer to the tradition of the Commonwealth of many nations in this respect. He considers the functioning of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, experiences of the multicultural policy of that time, where other nations were treated with appreciation and respect, as something that should be accomplished by contemporary cross-cultural education. He highlights the need to draw on that multicultural experiment, to reflect on it and analyze it in order to realize the essence of tradition of civil liberties and relationships between free people and communities based on freedom.

Cross-cultural Education in the Formation of Supranational Communal Competence

Polish Journal of Educational  Studies

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The text presents the assumptions of cross-cultural education, emphasizing that in the multicultural world it is necessary to look for solutions used in the...

Cross-cultural Education in the Formation of Supranational Communal Competence

Published Online: Apr 03, 2020

Page range: 162 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2019-0011

Keywords
cross-cultural education, culture, nation, community, cross-cultural competence, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

© 2019 Jerzy Nikitorowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cross-cultural Education in the Formation of Supranational Communal Competence

Published Online: Apr 03, 2020

Page range: 162 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2019-0011

Keywordscross-cultural education, culture, nation, community, cross-cultural competence, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

© 2019 Jerzy Nikitorowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
cross-cultural education, culture, nation, community, cross-cultural competence, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth