Educational Alternatives, Volume 20, 2022

Abstract: Differentiated Teaching is an open pedagogical concept that is linked to the interdisciplinary approach of knowledge and active learning, and which recognizes, respects, and uses the diversity of each classroom. It is a pedagogy that emphasizes not only the knowledge and interests of children but also the different ways in which they communicate and learn to form a flexible framework that allows everyone to follow their own paths, their own rhythms. On the other hand, the conditions created by the movement of populations and the new educational data created by the immigration and school integration of foreign students, highlighted intercultural education as a way of exploiting differences and ensuring equal opportunities for all. Intercultural education aims at establishing a society with interaction and interdependence, with a spirit of reciprocity and equality among social members, with respect for the values and rights of all social beings, according to the Charter of Human Rights. In this paper we will present the “coupling” of differentiated teaching and intercultural education through an example of a host class for young children aged 4-5 with an immigrant and refugee background in Greece.