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The master's final work analyses how manifestation of multiculturalism is explained and what the elements of multiculturalism in Lithuanian education policy are. Nowadays the conditions of globalization are opening wider possibilities for the development of multiculturalism, for the dialogue of cultures and integration. For that reason every manifestation of multiculturalism in different societies of various countries is differently understood, consequently it influences various arising problems, discussions and their solutions in the political context. The concept of multiculturalism has become stronger not so long ago and it is obviously visible in some Lithuanian education political documents. Noticeably, that multiculturalism in Lithuania is perceived primitively and is rarely discussed manifestation. The studying object of this work is Lithuanian education policy in the context of multiculturalism. The framed hypothesis in this work claims that there is no consecutive multicultural policy in Lithuania as the education policy is formed in the context of nation – ethnic policy. The narrow-minded understanding of this concept hinders to imply the policy of multiculturalism in everyday life. The work seeks open and estimates the forms of manifestation of multiculturalism in Lithuanian education policy, to analyze its peculiarities and prospects. The objectives of this work are to observe the models of multiculturalism theory and compare them with Lithuanian and other countries experience, to open how ethnic culture is understood in Lithuania, to analyze the main law documents, identify the difference between political rhetoric and law situation. Analyzing the chosen topic the qualitative estimating analysis of education policy has been fulfilled. The research has proved the hypothesis that there is no consecutive multicultural policy in Lithuania as the education policy is formed in the context of nation – ethnic policy. As the result, the narrow-minded understanding of this concept hinders to imply the policy of multiculturalism in everyday life. This master's final work consists of two parts. The first part of the work deals with working concepts and the main law resources seeking to distinguish the peculiarities of multiculturalism. The perception of multiculturalism concepts is presented within the experience of the Western European countries. The second part gives the analysis of the qualitative research of the realization of Lithuanian education policy, the answers of the respondents are compared according to certain categories, the elements of multiculturalism within Lithuanian education policy and the spheres of the important issues are discussed with the general education statistical data. As well the comparative analysis of expert – scientist officials and expert teachers is presented. Finally, the fulfilled research data show how education policy in the context of multiculturalism is organized in Lithuania.

The master's final work analyses how manifestation of multiculturalism is explained and what the elements of multiculturalism in Lithuanian education policy are. Nowadays the conditions of globalization are opening wider possibilities for the development of multiculturalism, for the dialogue of cultures and integration. For that reason every manifestation of multiculturalism in different societies of various countries is differently understood, consequently it influences various arising problems, discussions and their solutions in the political context. The concept of multiculturalism has become stronger not so long ago and it is obviously visible in some Lithuanian education political documents. Noticeably, that multiculturalism in Lithuania is perceived primitively and is rarely discussed manifestation. The studying object of this work is Lithuanian education policy in the context of multiculturalism. The framed hypothesis in this work claims that there is no consecutive multicultural policy in Lithuania as the education policy is formed in the context of nation – ethnic policy. The narrow-minded understanding of this concept hinders to imply the policy of multiculturalism in everyday life. The work seeks open and estimates the forms of manifestation of multiculturalism in Lithuanian education policy, to analyze its peculiarities and prospects. The objectives of this work are to observe the models of multiculturalism theory and compare them with Lithuanian and other countries experience, to open how ethnic culture is understood in Lithuania, to analyze the main law documents, identify the difference between political rhetoric and law situation. Analyzing the chosen topic the qualitative estimating analysis of education policy has been fulfilled. The research has proved the hypothesis that there is no consecutive multicultural policy in Lithuania as the education policy is formed in the context of nation – ethnic policy. As the result, the narrow-minded understanding of this concept hinders to imply the policy of multiculturalism in everyday life. This master's final work consists of two parts. The first part of the work deals with working concepts and the main law resources seeking to distinguish the peculiarities of multiculturalism. The perception of multiculturalism concepts is presented within the experience of the Western European countries. The second part gives the analysis of the qualitative research of the realization of Lithuanian education policy, the answers of the respondents are compared according to certain categories, the elements of multiculturalism within Lithuanian education policy and the spheres of the important issues are discussed with the general education statistical data. As well the comparative analysis of expert – scientist officials and expert teachers is presented. Finally, the fulfilled research data show how education policy in the context of multiculturalism is organized in Lithuania.