Vol 9, No 1, 2010 pp. 125-138
UDC 37.01
OPENNESS OF THE SCHOOL AS A HUMAN SOCIAL COMMUNITY AND MULTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Zorica Stanisavljević – Petrović
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Departmant of Pedagogy, Serbia
Email: zokapet@filfak.ni.ac.rs
The study deals with the issue of the school's openness in the process of multiculturalism. Openness of a school as a human social community presents a condition for the development of multiculturalism processes in the society. Current social changes emphasize the issue of multiculturalism and, consequently, new educational needs of an individual for which the school as an educational institution should provide an adequate answer. Changing the profile of educational institutions towards the development of multiculturalism includes the changes that are based on the openness of the school to wider social environment, as well as the changes within the very school in the aspect of redefining the goals and tasks of school syllabus, textbooks, and the changes in the role of teachers. With these changes in schools, new possibilities are created for accomplishing the right of all children to education regardless of individual differences, as well as differences conditioned by social and cultural milieu, which enables the school to be realized as a human social community on a wider social plan.
Key words: openness, social environment, school, multiculturalism.
OTVORENOST ŠKOLE KAO HUMANE SOCIJALNE ZAJEDNICE I RAZVOJ MULTIKULTURALNOSTI
U radu se razmatra pitanje otvorenosti škole u procesu razvoja multikulturalnosti.Otvorenost škole kao humane socijalne zajednice predstavlja preduslov za razvoj multikulturalnih procesa u društvu. Aktuelne društvene promene potenciraju pitanje multikulturalnosti i samim tim, nove obrazovne potrebe pojedinaca na koje škola, kao institucija za vaspitanje i obrazovanje, treba da pruži adekvatan odgovor.Menjanje profila školskih institucija u pravcu razvoja multikulturalnosti obuhvata promene koje se zasnivaju na otvorenosti škole prema široj društvenoj sredini, kao i promene na nivou samih škola u aspektu redefinisanja celjeva i zadataka, školskih programa, udžbenika i promena u ulogama nastavnika.Promenama u školskom kontekstu stvaraju se mogućnosti za ostvarivanje prava sve dece na obrazovanje, bez obzira na individualne razlike, kao i razlike uslovljene socio-kulturnim miljeom, što omogućava realizaciju škole kao humane socijalne zajednice na širem društvenom planu.
Ključne reči: otvorenost, društvena sredina, škola, multikulturalnost
