The new paradigm of intercultural citizenship: some pedagogical reflections

The modern world compresses and at the same time encourages us to face challenges concerning civil education and civil rights from new points of view. It is continually offering us a changing landscape, which includes a number of continuous transformations in the fields of politics, economics, work and, perhaps even more in social and ethical issues, since personal relationships and value-systems are affected almost instantaneously by what is happening in today’s world, so much so that both schools and universities are undergoing a rapid metamorphosis regarding programmes, training needs and teacher-student relationships.