A lot of national, ideological, religious and ethnical stereotypes found place in people’s minds after the last allotment of Europe at the end of the World War II. Cultural relationship has also become politicised thanks to cultural diplomacy. The problematic of the research is the fact of adaptation of people belonging to another nation. The object of the research is foreigners at Lithuanian schools. The theoretical part of the analysis concentrates on defining the ethnical stereotypes, stereotypisation, classifying the researches of stereotypisation and points of view towards formation of stereotypes, their functions, definition of ethnics and adaptation, conception of adaptation in theoretical constructions, social adaptation as a separate phase in socialisation, social adaptation as adjustment of an individual to circumstances, peculiarities of pupils’ adaptation. The second part deals with such questions as the possibilities for people belonging to another nation to study at Lithuanian school, communication, level of socialisation while applying for higher education, the role of nationality in the common process of communication, the level of national, religious and ethnic knowledge, understanding of national mentality in the context of Lithuanian culture. “Multilinguistic” communication every day is a specific feature and one of the most important factors of sociocultural integration. Despite the fact that most respondents are positive about the need to support the... [to full text]

Šio darbo tikslas - nustatyti ir įvertinti tarpkultūrinės kompetencijos ugdymo poreikio santykį ir sąsajas su kitataučių destigmatizacijos problemomis visuomenės transformacijos kontekste. Tyrimų instrumentai – trys autorės sukurti klausimynai ir du lauko tyrimo protokolai. Darbe tiriami tarpkultūrinės kompetencijos Lietuvoje šių laikų ypatumai ir esminės jos ugdymo prielaidos. Tarpkultūrinių kompetencijų ugdymas - kitataučių destigmatizacijos programa yra žmogaus asmenybės bei visuomenės požiūrio į kitataučius transformacijos mechanizmas. Tyrimai patvirtina autorės suformuluotas mokslinio tyrimo hipotezes, kad Lietuvos gyventojų tarpkultūrinės kompetencijos lygis yra vidutinis, kad rasinė bei etninė destigmatizacija susijusi su tarpkultūrinės kompetencijos ugdymu, kad efektyviausias ugdymo metodas, sprendžiant kitataučių destigmatizacijos problemą, yra patirtinis mokymas(-sis). / The arm of this work is to determine and evaluate the relations and connections of the need of foresting of intercultural competence with foreign– born destigmatization problems in public transformation contecst. Investigation instruments – three author`s created questionares and two field investigation proceedings. This paper analyses the modern peculiarities and educational assumptions of ethnical tolerance in Lithuania. The development of intercultural competence is the foreign-born destigmatization program, the mechanism of transformation of the human personality and the attitude of society to the foreign-born. Investigations approve the author`s formulated scientific research hypotheses, that intercultural competence level of the citizens of Lithuania is medium, that racist and ethnic destigmatization is related with the foresting of intercultural competence, that the most effective foresting method, solving foreign – born destigmatization, is experiential learning.