Analiza idei interdyscyplinarności wskazuje na jej blaski i cienie, przynajmniej, gdy ujmujemy ją z pozycji dyscyplinarnej tożsamości i wymogów z tym związanych o obrębie określonej dziedziny nauki. Interdyscyplinarność jako nastawienie badawcze rodzi bowiem nadzieję bardziej kompleksowego i adekwatnego ujęcia badanych rzeczy, stanów rzeczy, procesów lub zjawisk, ale wyłania również dylematy i zagrożenia „rozpłynięcia się” swoistości nastawień badawczych właściwych określonej dziedzinie nauki. Wiedza pedagogiczna z natury oparta jest jednak na wiedzy zaczerpniętej z innych podstawowych dziedzin nauki takich, jak biologia, psychologia, socjologia czy filozofia. Pomijając trudności i dylematy wynikające z interdyscyplinarnych nastawień badawczych, przyjąć należy, że w obrębie dyskursu pedagogicznego nie tylko jest ona nieunikniona, ale i konieczna z punktu widzenia jakości, adekwatności i trafności, zarówno konstruowanej teorii, jak i projektowanej praktyki.
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Analysis of the idea of interdisciplinarity demonstrates both its flaws and qualities, at least when we approach it from the point of view of disciplinary identity and the related requirements within a specific discipline of science. Interdisciplinarity as a research approach raises hope for a more comprehensive and adequate understanding of the research subjects, states of objects, affairs, processes or phenomena; yet it also contributes to the emergence of new dilemmas and a risk of “dissolution” of characteristics of research specific to a given scientific discipline. Pedagogical discourse by its very nature, however, is based on knowledge derived from other basic sciences, such as biology, psychology, sociology, and philosophy. Notwithstanding the difficulties and dilemmas arising from interdisciplinary research approach, it should be assumed that within pedagogical discourse its adoption is not only inevitable, but also necessary for the quality, accuracy and validity of both the constructed theories and planned practical applications.
This paper presents an attempt to reconsider the concept of intercultural communication and related competences taking into account the fact that intercultural contacts may be motivated by racism and xenophobia. It is the outgrowth of the RADAR project (Regulating Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Racism) funded by the European Commission1. Here, we aim to apply its findings to the context of developing politically correct pedagogical discourse among prospective foreign language teachers. Ultimately, invoking the notion of critical ecological language awareness (Lankiewicz, 2015) and metalinguistic awareness (Karpińska-Musiał, 2015), we offer to supplement the intercultural component of teacher education with the element of critical linguistics, which may help would-be teachers, in the first place, to be more aware language users as such, not to commit verbal offences, and, in the long-run, to perform the role of transformative intellectuals (Kumaravadivelu, 2012), thus contributing to the quality of life in the globalization era.
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