The authors of the article compare the classical and non-classical educational models in the context of the communication turn, actualized in the information society. Among the various types of integration processes, the most flexible and open form of interpersonal interaction is the dialogue. The hermeneutical concept of H.-G. Gadamer makes it possible to clarify the conditions necessary for conducting a constructive dialogue, and to show the possible convergence of the horizons of understanding through the construction of a single semantic continuum.