<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.0 20120330//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd">
<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" article-type="article">
  <front>
    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2351-6542</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">12_NORVILIENE_2025_2</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v46i2.2735</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>An Analysis of Best Practices in Multicultural Education: a Comparison Between Lithuanian  and Swedish Pre-Schools / Daugiakultūrio ugdymo patirčių analizė: Lietuvos ir Švedijos ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigų palyginimas</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Norvilienė</surname>
            <given-names>Aida</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:aida.norviliene@ku.lt">aida.norviliene@ku.lt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_RFDS_aff_000"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">Klaipėda University</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dirgėlaitė</surname>
            <given-names>Asta</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:astadirgelaite@kyahoo.com">astadirgelaite@kyahoo.com</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_RFDS_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_001">Klaipėda University</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>46</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>143</fpage>
      <lpage>159</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>04</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>The article analyzes the experiences of Lithuanian and Swedish preschool teachers in multicultural education in educating preschool children. The content, methods and tools of multicultural education of preschool children are revealed. Used research methods: analysis of scientific literature and documents, comparative analysis, qualitative research, semi-structured interviews, and qualitative content analysis. The following aspects of multicultural education emerged: preschool teachers in both countries believe that multicultural education enriches children,</p>
        <p>fosters tolerance, respect and understanding of other cultures, contributes to identity development, and should begin in early childhood. Swedish respondents emphasise that a multicultural education prepares children for life in a multicultural society. Respondents from both countries stress the role of the preschool teacher’s example in developing children’s multicultural competence. Both countries use similar tools for multicultural education, including interactive tools and programmes, smart technologies and traditional visual aids.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>multicultural education</kwd>
        <kwd>preschool institutions in Lithuania and Sweden</kwd>
        <kwd>multicultural education experiences</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <kwd-group kwd-group-type="JEL CODES">
        <label>JEL CODES</label>
        <kwd>I20</kwd>
        <kwd>I21</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
  </front>
</article>
