Social development through Intercultural Education Eğitim Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi Dergi ana sayfası Amaç ve Kapsam / Aim & Scope Yazım Kuralları / Author Guidelines Arşiv / Archive Editör Kurulu / Editorial Board İletişim / Contact Gönderim Kuralları / Submission Guideline Dizinler Telif / Copyright Açık Erişim / Open Access Policy Yayın Ücreti / Publication Fees Commentary - (2021) Volume 11, Issue 2 View PDF Download PDF Social development through Intercultural Education Henry PETERSON*   *Correspondence: Henry PETERSON, Department of Education, University of keele, England, Email: Author info » Abstract Social development is the process during which a child is exposed to various challenges physically, mentally, etc. According to the surrounding environments where they are kept during their schooling, day to day activities, their learning activities, grasping power, along their psychological behavior may fluctuate. The social development of a child is very important for a society as they will be the next future of the society. In order to have a good society, we need to make necessary changes to the environments our kids are living in so that they make the better of themselves and make society a better place. Introduction At this stage, a child will then learn to interact, make new friends and simultaneously should learn to survive in an unbiased manner and how to handle conflicts with peace. Intercultural education system is where people belonging to different states, countries, regions/cultures come together to learn new things. There will be a lot of distances if a child has a sophisticated method of education. They find it hard to maintain friendships, relationships, sharing things among others, lack of co-operation, discipline will not at all be observed in such children. Discouraging the fellow mates if they belong from a different community or encourage only people from their regions. Intercultural education aims to bring back and promote peace in the new era of society and environment. The promotion and bringing back of peace can only be done in the initial stages of the child’s education. Schools are the best place to teach and schooling is the least stage to learn and inculcate what’s right and wrong. In this multicultural society, children have to be kept and thought how to survive, understand and respect people belonging to various cultures. In this era of education where schools are practicing various methods of teaching and definitely lack interactions among students when compared to physical educations. So, there is a need to implement new subject or method of teaching them under the category of special education/interacting sessions among students. So that children will have or learn to exchange ideas, cultural norms mutually and develop a friendly environment. Pedagogy of intercultural system of education will ensure people to be different, promote equal opportunities and co-exist in this democratic society and learn to survive in cross culture. Conclusion Intercultural education is a necessity these days as new generation students are having the bookish knowledge and not the outside knowledge, they have to interact more and more to know about different types of people and their cultures. They need to understand the importance of each and every culture so that they can respect and value others more efficiently. By having friends in different cultures they can also make the positive and make the society a better place, to make this happen intercultural education should be introduced to the kids in the early stages of life. Acknowledgement The authors are grateful to the journal editor and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. Declaration For Conflict Of Interests The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Author Info Henry PETERSON*   Department of Education, University of keele, England   Received: 06-Sep-2021 Accepted: 16-Sep-2021 Published: 27-Sep-2021 Copyright:This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Online Paper Submission»