Applying new methodological paradigms to integration practices in multicultural educational contexts

The article analyzes the activities undertaken by researchers within theinternational project ‘NEW ABC – Networking the Educational Worlds:Across Boundaries for Community-building,’ implemented under theEU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. This projectwas characterized by innovative methodology combining research andintegrative aspects, employing the Participatory Action Research (PAR)paradigm, co-creation model of activities, as well as a holistic approachto children and their environment (‘whole child approach’), bottom-upstrategies, and care and compassion approach. It is important toemphasize that activating methods related to the pedagogy of adven-ture and anchoring theory in the local environment were key elementsof the project, assisting Polish children and those with migrationexperiences in realizing their co-created social projects. Facilitated byteacher-assistant pairs, children utilized a special sketchbook to createactivities that helped them root themselves in their place of residence’slocal culture and heritage. The article discusses in detail how theapplied methods effectively contributed to achieving the project’s setobjectives, highlighting their significant role in supporting the compre-hensive development of children in a multicultural educationalenvironment.