The course allows to acquire: a) theoretical knowledge related to education and socialization of children from 0 to 6 years with attention to individual and intercultural differences; b) intervention skills aimed at promoting social inclusion and developing the prevention of exclusion and discrimination.

Through the study of Intercultural Education the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives:
Knowledge and understanding:
 knowledge and critical understanding of the epistemological foundations of the discipline, of the main currents of thought and of the historical and social dimensions of the educational models and of the policies of the processes of social inclusion

Applying knowledge and understanding:
 Understand the specificity of educational situations by analyzing them from different points of view (social, cultural, etc.) so as to adopt appropriate educational practices;
 apply intercultural education and mediation techniques;
Making judgements:
 awareness of the ethical and formative responsibility connected to the exercise of the educational function and the consequent duties towards children, families, the institution and the territory;
 aptitude to read and interpret the needs and behavior of children and families in the light of contemporary social contexts;

Communication skills:
 ability to listen to and understand the needs expressed by children in the care, education and socialization activities and ability to await and recognize their eventual manifestation;
 ability to recognize and promote relational and communicative skills (narration, verbal and non-verbal languages) of girls and children in care, education, socialization and play;

Learning skills:
 ability to observe the contexts and to reflect critically on the dynamics that characterize them; ability to access scientific literature by identifying reliable sources;
 awareness of the importance of learning from the comparison with operators and experts with the same professional profile and with the other figures operating in the sector.