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- Provides succinct and thorough overview of current thinking and practice on international educational exchange
- Explores the role of International Educational Exchange in promoting peace and intercultural understanding
- Argues the need for pre-departure language training to help build students’ intercultural competence and support a more successful exchange experience at the individual and broader societal levels
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This volume examines the complex role of international education exchange in promoting peace and intercultural understanding. The perception that international education encourages greater understanding and cooperation between, people, cultures, and nations continues to drive participation and resources to this growing sector. With thought-provoking theoretical discussions and a broad range of case studies, this volume provides a much needed critical exploration of the ways in which international education exchanges may impact individuals as well as broader issues of global peace and development.
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“This collection provides an excellent response to the unjustified lack of attention for educational exchange as a subject of research in the fields of international relations and public diplomacy. The essays in this book critically examine the added value of organized exchange from political, cultural, economic, and educational perspectives, and demonstrate the increasing importance of cross-border inter-cultural interaction in the twenty-first century. A valuable book for a research field still taking shape in its own right.” (Giles Scott-Smith, Ernst van der Beugel Chair in the History of Transatlantic Diplomatic Relations since World War II, Leiden University, Netherlands)
“International Educational Exchange and Study Abroad are generally perceived as stimulating factors for peace and mutual understanding, but its if and how are little studied. The book provides valuable introductionsas well as original cases studies and brings the discussion on this topic a step further during a period in which peace and mutual understanding are under serious threat worldwide.” (Hans de Wit, Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA)
“This book brings together educators with diverse backgrounds to suggest how language policy and the exchange of individuals can become powerful tools to promote intercultural understanding and peace through the internationalization of higher education. In that sense, policy-makers, educators, and administrators are highly recommended to read this volume as it contains important implications for curriculum change and improvement.” (Hanife Akar, Associate Professor in Educational Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
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Book Title: International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding
Book Subtitle: Promoting Peace and Global Relations
Editors: Julie Mathews-Aydinli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43829-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43828-3Published: 02 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82919-7Published: 28 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43829-0Published: 23 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 184
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Peace Studies