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Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: International Approaches, Assessment and Application

AUTHOR Arasaratnam-Smith, Lily A.; Arasaratnam-Smith, Lily A.; Arasaratnam-Smith, Lily A. et al.
PUBLISHER Routledge (05/31/2017)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Intercultural Competence in Higher Education features the work of scholars and international education practitioners in understanding the learning outcomes of internationalization, moving beyond rhetoric to concrete practice around the world.

Devoted exclusively to exploring the central learning outcomes of internationalization efforts, this edited volume contains a refreshing combination of chapters and case studies from interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contributors, including:

  • cutting-edge issues within intercultural competence development, such as intersectionality, mapping intercultural competence, and assessment;
  • the role of higher education in developing intercultural competence for peacebuilding in the aftermath of violent conflict;
  • facilitating intercultural competence through international student internships;
  • interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contributions from over 19 countries including Japan, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, and Vietnam;
  • the latest research and thinking on global, intercultural, and international learning outcomes, with a unique emphasis on newer voices.?

Intercultural competence has become an essential element in international as well as domestic education. This text provides the latest thinking and research within the context of internationalization, presents practical case studies on how to integrate this into the preparation of global-ready students and will be of interest to postgraduate students, international education administrators, and practitioners, as well as scholars and researchers in a variety of disciplines who have an interest in intercultural and global competence.

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ISBN-13: 9781138693852
ISBN-10: 1138693855
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 312
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.70 x 8.90 inches
Weight: 0.95 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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Education | Schools - Levels - Higher
Dewey Decimal: 378.016
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016046382
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Intercultural Competence in Higher Education features the work of scholars and international education practitioners in understanding the learning outcomes of internationalization, moving beyond rhetoric to concrete practice around the world.

Devoted exclusively to exploring the central learning outcomes of internationalization efforts, this edited volume contains a refreshing combination of chapters and case studies from interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contributors, including:

  • cutting-edge issues within intercultural competence development, such as intersectionality, mapping intercultural competence, and assessment;
  • the role of higher education in developing intercultural competence for peacebuilding in the aftermath of violent conflict;
  • facilitating intercultural competence through international student internships;
  • interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contributions from over 19 countries including Japan, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, and Vietnam;
  • the latest research and thinking on global, intercultural, and international learning outcomes, with a unique emphasis on newer voices.?

Intercultural competence has become an essential element in international as well as domestic education. This text provides the latest thinking and research within the context of internationalization, presents practical case studies on how to integrate this into the preparation of global-ready students and will be of interest to postgraduate students, international education administrators, and practitioners, as well as scholars and researchers in a variety of disciplines who have an interest in intercultural and global competence.

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Editor: Deardorff, Darla
Darla Deardorff is executive director of the Association of International Education Administrators, a national professional organization based at Duke University, where she is a Research Scholar in Education. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), visiting faculty at Leeds-Metropolitan University (United Kingdom) and is on faculty of the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon. Darla is also an Educator with Duke Corporate Education and founder of ICC Global, a global network on intercultural competence for researchers and practitioners. She has published widely on topics in international education and intercultural learning/assessment and is editor of "The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence" (2009) as well as co-editor of "The SAGE Handbook of International Higher Education" (2012) and co-author of an ESL textbook, "Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg" (2011).
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