Działalność dydaktyczna, wychowawcza oraz opiekuńcza Szkoły Międzynarodowej w Szczecinie w kontekście rozwoju szkolnictwa niepublicznego po 1989 roku

The author of the article proposes the following theses: political transformations enabled the democratisation of the Polish educational system and the creation of non-public (private) schools in Poland after 1989; the creation of the Educational Social Association initiated the creation of non-public schools in Poland; the creation of Szczecin International School (SIS) as a response to the needs of the market of the international community settling down in Szczecin; the activities of SIS, a school that runs an inter-cultural education; international programmes that make it possible to teach in a culturally diversified environment; familiarisation with another culture as a way to the acceptance, tolerance and understanding.