Dialogue - Culture - Philosophy

The rapid social and economic change requires considering conventional values, flexibility and global thinking. We know educational needs at all levels have changed. But what does that mean? Education's challenge will be to shape the cognitive skills, interpersonal sensibilities, and cultural sophistication of children and youth - but that are not the kind of things that can simply be transmitted. There is a need first to analyse the changes that globalisation is bringing about in our daily experiences and also to become conscious of how the dynamics of globalisation are affecting our senses, our thinking, our values and our lifestyles.
How can we best prepare children to succeed in the 21st century? What does a person need to survive and contribute to this world? Which skills, competencies, strategies, attitudes are essential for reflection, for better understanding, for good judgement and reasonable behaviour? What challenge should be made? What basics and skills are required for a worthwhile life?
This collection of articles offers interesting aspects and a variety of perspectives to these questions and to issues such as dialogue, culture, education, lifelong learning and intercultural communication, the main foci of the international conference 'Dialogue – Culture – Philosophy' in Graz, Austria.