La competenza interculturale in ambito scolastico. Il ruolo dei contesti organizzativi

Abstract

There is often a tendency to assume that the individual teacher is responsible for the development of intercultural competence at school; but is that really true? Or do teachers need to be supported by a range or mix of awareness, tools, bodies and apparatus which are essential elements in the process? In order to offer real opportunities of promotion and exercise of intercultural competence it is indeed necessary to adopt an interactional and ecological perspective (Bronfenbrenner, 1986), that seeks the global conditions favoring change as it is neither possible nor sufficient to provide an individual response to a systemic problem. This article reflects on the urgent need to establish/implement adequate services, procedures and rules to help make school an environment in which the sense of belonging, the personal empowerment and the exercise of active citizenship are encouraged and incentivized. &nbsp