Vol. 6 - Higher education for intercultural dialogue and multiculturalism

The Role of the Erasmus Programme in Enhancing Intercultural Dialogue. Presentation of the Results from the Erasmus Student Network Survey 2007

Krzaklewska, Ewa; Krupnik, Seweryn (2008)
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Mobility of people and resources in higher education of today has a distinct role to develop intercultural dialog within academia, to discuss cultural values and confront the worldviews. These processes take place mostly ...

Meeting new challenges in multicultural provisions for international students: implications for first year university transition engagements

Hellstén, Meeri (2008)
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Universities have traditionally maintained a central role in promoting international relations, increased solidarity and intercultural understanding. The essential part of this movement has been implemented through the ...

Multicultural Education as a Dimension of Interethnic Dialogue

Fedyunina, S.; Slepukhin, Alexander (2008)
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The urgency of sociological analysis of multiculturalism in Russian society is caused by strengthening of the role of intercultural interactions in the processes of global integration. In the context of intensive transnational ...

The role of higher education in the process of integration and introduction of refugees in small municipalities in rural areas in Scandinavia

Sand, Sigrun (2008)
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In this paper I will present a project carried out by Kirsti Kuusela, University of Karlstad, Sweden and Sigrun Sand, Hedmark University College, Norway in 2003 – 2006. The project was funded by the Interreg IIIA ...

Bringing the American College Model to the Arabian Gulf: New Challenges for Intercultural Education

Tolmacheva, Marina (2008)
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1. The Arabian Gulf education sector appears to be eager to emulate the American model of higher education in pursuit of the observed success of Knowledge economies. American institutions of higher education have been ...

Unity in Diversity: The New Multicultural Reality

Abdin Sharif, M. (2008)
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Culture is often defined as the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of human groups. It is the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a group of like individuals. That is ...

The validity of international dual degrees to promote mutual understanding and intercultural mobility in higher education

Bengoetxea, Endika; Arteaga, Jesús (2008)
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