Cultural Context of the Pedagogical Thought of Meilė Lukšienė – Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Heritage Exemplified By Socialisation and Education in Polish Families Inhabiting the Vilnius Region

Individual and common self-identifications determining their specificity take place in given areas, predominantly the cultural ones. However, what’s crucial is the perspective that conceptualizes such identities. For instance, sense of the national belonging of both individuals and communities constitutes one of such perspectives. It is shaped by various determinants, starting from cultural heritage of a given nation through established social and cultural practices which result from socialization and education at the cultural meeting points. The aim of this article is to present the cultural context of socialization and education exemplified by Polish families living in the Vilnius region with reference to those, among who’s the cultural difference is manifested by their national diversity. The issue that gave rise to this article was the attempt to interpret the cultural context of the pedagogical thought of Meilė Luksienė, crucial for multicultural discourses within pedagogy. Keywords: multiculturalism, national diversity, cultural heritage, intergenerational cultural transmission, socialization, education, area of cultural self-identification.