Hermeneutics and comparative pedagogy.Language as material and powerful tool for assigning meanings, understanding, and transforming information

Abstract

Language and the processes of understanding the meaning of the concepts we use are of particular interest to scholars of comparative pedagogy, intercultural pedagogy, and other fields dealing with intercultural communication processes. It is also evident that the methodology of comparative pedagogy must include considering the process of understanding, for it is not possible to describe the solutions used in education without understanding the strategies that had led to a certain state of affairs. The article discusses the issue of understanding the meanings of concepts as a necessary methodological procedure of comparative pedagogy. It provides examples of theoretical perspectives on the importance of language as a tool we use to communicate, store and transform information. The article also shows the link between culture and the vocabulary and pragmatics of language and the extra-linguistic possibilities of understanding meanings.