Intercultural Conflicts, Anti-immigrant Prejudice, and Racist Sentiments Affecting Students: Teachers’ Challenges and Reactions in Polish Secondary Schools

This article reports on the main findings of the research activities undertaken in Poland, within the framework of the H2020 project PARTICIPATION, to gather data and provide analysis on contentious issues faced by teachers in Polish secondary schools. Firstly, this article presents the results of desk research on projects implemented in schools to deal with polarising debate and youth radicalisation and highlights the main challenges teachers face in classrooms. In the following sections, the article presents the main findings from the online survey and two workshops conducted with teachers. The last section of the article focuses on reactions and practices to address challenges and contentious topics in the classroom and the school environment and offers a set of recommendations to implement in schools