Contributions of Diatopic Hermeneutics for Intercultural Education

Regarding migrant education policy, Portugal is considered ―the best of the new immigration countries‖ (MIPEX, 2011: 159), namely for recognizing the importance of language of the destination country as an factor for integration, which led to the introduction of Portuguese as Non-Native Language in the National Syllabus of basic education since 2006 (Normative Order nº. 7/2006) and secondary education since 2007 (Normative Order nº. 30/2007)...Qualitative data collection occurred between January and April 2011 and its main goal was to approach the internal complexity of foreign students in Portuguese Schools, in order to identify reflection points for an intervention project in the future. We understand that there is a co-existing linguistic and cultural diversity amongst students, which does not seem valued and at times is even considered adverse, and could potentially encourage mutual interaction and enrichment. These observations lead us to advocate an intervention project based on intercultural dialogue and diatopic hermeneutics as a strategy for dialogue...Read more