The multicultural context in Eastern Sicily: experiences, orientations and integration practices

In times of great migrations, the religious dimension represents one of the harshest terrains for the emergence and persistence of ethnic and cultural clashes, for which school and society have the certainly not easy task of preparing future citizens for an open confrontation in which the integration processes are to be considered as an opportunity not only for immigrants but also for the societies in general. The intercultural perspective requires a precise project aimed at acquiring and allocating development of open, critical and flexible thinking; a thought capable of "migrating" to other cultures to recognize and understand differences and similarities.