Trust-Based Learning and Its Importance in Intercultural Education

Abstract

In his article Trust-Based Learning and Its Importance in Intercultural Education Clemens Seyfried introduces the concept of learning, an approach he developed for learning in an intercultural world and applied in primary and secondary education. The objective of the concept is the raising of opportunities students with (im)migrant background in education. Seyfried presents an overview of the educational situation of (im)migrants and ethnic minorities in the European Union with special focus on Austria, followed by a description of the said concept of trust-based learning including the results of a statistical survey conducted in Austria. The focus of the concept is the importance of trust, framed by the following question: is there a difference in the self concept of students regarding trust as a determining variable for learning by students with and without an (im)migrant background? The article closes with a proposal for a new approach in pedagogy in general and in intercultural education in particular. Clemens Seyfried, Trust-Based Learning and Its Importance in Intercultural Education page 2 of 6 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 16.3 (2014):