Ideas for intercultural education
By: Simon Marginson and Erlenawati Sawir
Contributors: Sawir, Erlenawati, 1960-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780230117938
Subjects: EDUCATION / Multicultural Education; Cross-cultural studies; Multicultural education; EDUCATION / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Description: "Written by a cross-cultural pair of authors, Ideas for Intercultural Education takes a critical look at present approaches to international education, focusing on the intercultural potential that it offers but mostly fails to deliver. The underlying premise of this profound, engaging book is that international education can be a transforming intercultural experience for hosts as well as visitors. Drawing on a review of the worldwide literature, especially studies from the United States, and two large interview programs with international students, the book dissects the obstacles and points the way to solutions in the classroom and beyond"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Out of Ethnocentrism (Psych Lit); title: Relational Cosmopolitanism; title: Cross-cultural Student Life; title: Cross-cultural Relations in Higher Education; title: The Cross-cultural Classroom; title: Theory: International Education as Self Formation; title: Practice: Towards Intercultural Education.