ABSTRACT
The plurality of human groups is translated at the material level by the diversity of their geographic settlements and by differences of ancestral ethnic origin. At the cultural level this plurality is explained by linguistic and religious diversity and historical collective memory: a conceptual set of features known as cultural identity. Intercultural perspectives may well have more beneficial consequences. The term aims to convey a dynamic state of permanent interaction among present cultures. The acknowledgement of different historical paths, of rich national cultural heritages and of the plurality of artistic expressions in European society introduced courses of action in pedagogy directed by reciprocal knowledge and opening routes to pedagogical innovation. Intercultural Education is nowadays acknowledged as an adequate methodological strategy concerning the plurality of cultures that co-exist in the European social context.
