Chapter 20: Implementation of The European Dimension in Education in Lithuanian Schools

Before disclosing the peculiarities of the implementation of the European dimension in Lithuanian educational practice, it is important to reveal how European and national identity manifests itself among Lithuanian citizens and what place Europe takes in the system of citizens’ values; that is, before analyzing the implementation of European educational dimensions, the context of the implementation of the European dimension in education is important.

At the present rate of globalisation, European integration involves paying more attention to the problems of interaction and the dynamics of national and European identities. Formation of European identity is related to traditional destiny and the place of national identity and self-awareness in Europe. At present, no nation or ethnic group is closed. Identity is open to pluralism and globalism and accepts ethnic laws—that is, reacts to the other despite belonging to another ethnic group. The phenomenon of identity erosion can take place, and a person’s presence in two or more cultures can form bicultural identity.