The need to promote intercultural education in disadvantaged youth groups by active methods

The article presents theoretical and practical aspects of intercultural education, applied in a project which uses methods of action. General guidelines are presented on interculturality, social frame, and features of teenage years. Intercultural education has a unifying character going beyond the individual characteristics, and relational tensions, and action techniques build a bridge between the concrete experience of life and coexistence rules, allowing in a secure frame the necessary adjustments. This paper presents a parallel between individual and social difficulties. Work method allows an assessment of issues and also a flexible intervention adaptable to particular needs.