| dc.description.abstract | The topic of the article relates to one of the aspects of contemporary humanistic education;
namely, to the realization of objectives and tasks connected with the idea of intercultural
education. Currently, in the reality considerably influenced by cultural pluralism as well
as multi- and interculturality, extremely important turn out to be all initiatives – including
educational activities – for promotion of behaviours that allow young people to construct
and understand their own identity (in its individual, social and intercultural dimension)
in relation to other people, cultures, ways of the world conceptualization, etc. A category
mentioned in this context is «tolerance» which, according to reference books, is ascribed an
important role in defining attitudes towards individuality, difference, alternative lifestyles
and other phenomena defining contemporary reality.
The first part of the article discusses conceptual assumptions of the intercultural education
and their relation to the process of identity development among lower secondary school
students. The next part comprises an explication of the notion of «tolerance» mentioned in
the title. The amplification of the findings is an extensive report from the empirical research
on the understanding of «tolerance» within a representative group of lower secondary school
students. The following part of the article presents the results of an aspect analysis of selected
educational documents from the point of view of their reference to the issues constituting
the subject of the research. Some reflections and educational conclusions inspired by the
collected empirical data and reference books are formulated at the end of the article. | en |
