Applying Multicultural Education at School, or How to Lead Pupils to Tolerance

Mária Vargová

Mária Vargová Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovak Republic

Keywords: Multicultural Education, Tolerance, Coexistence, Primary Education, Methodics

Abstract

Multicultural education is a cross-cutting theme in the state educational programme ISCED 1 – primary education. In primary education, multicultural education can be taught as a separate subject or it can be included in other ongoing subjects. When applying multicultural education it is also important that the teacher doesn’t have prejudices against any ethnic group or nationality. He/she should also use appropriate methods that lead to pupils becoming more tolerant.

Author Biography

Mária Vargová, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovak Republic

Mária Vargová works as a lecturer at the Department of Pre-school and Elementary education at the Faculty of Education of the Catholic University in Ružomberok. She deals with the issues from the area of multicultural education and the theory and practice in pre-primary and primary education.

Catholic University in Ružomberok,

Faculty of Education

Department of Pre-school and Elementary Education

Hrabovská 1

034 01 Ružomberok

Slovak Republic

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