The role of mediation in a multicultural school
The role of mediation in a multicultural school

Summary/Abstract: Mediation is receiving increasing attention. The number of schools that implement programs related to school mediation is growing. Mediation is one of the ways to solve peer conflicts and prevent violence. It can also contribute to the development of both students and teachers in the area of social and cognitive skills. Every pupil differs from his/her peers in some external feature, and therefore may encounter lack of acceptance or negative attitude of the school group. The same may hap pen when a child differs in terms of image and culture from his/her peers or speaks Polish poorly or not at all. Mediation helps resolve conflict situations and mitigates their effects, making it easier for students to assume new social roles at school, among peers, and in the family. School, especially multicultural school as a space of mutual relations and interactions is a place of particular risk of conflicts and disputes. Therefore, knowledge in the field of school mediation aimed at reaching an agreement and reaching consensus on key issues may prove extremely useful (Rusinkiewicz, Piś, 2020, pp. 135–136). The purpose of this article is to identify the role of peer mediation in the functioning of refugee children in the new school reality and to identify potential opportunities for interac tion in the classroom or school group. This article is a theoretical study which does not present specific research on the topic presented, but is an attempt to formulate new proposals for mediating activities in a multi cultural school based on elements drawn from the literature on the subject.

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