Students’ Perception on the Necessity of Intercultural Education in Romania

The Romanian school is trying to achieve the intercultural competences both in a direct way (the social – humanities subjects) and indirectly (the others subjects). One hundred students attended the course of intercultural education and filled out a questionnaire regarding psychosocial attitudes or behaviours. They identified formative effects of attending an intercultural education course such as: tolerance/empathy, training skills of cooperation/teamwork/adjustment to new situations, promoting interculturality, knowledge and understanding of other cultures. From a practical point of view, the recommendation is the introduction of the intercultural education course both at pre-university and university level, in the national curriculum, for all study programs.