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Intercultural Competence in Education

Alternative Approaches for Different Times

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Editors:
  1. Fred Dervin

    1. The University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  2. Zehavit Gross

    1. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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  • Explores the concept of intercultural competence and its place in the global community
  • Stresses the importance of intercultural competence in education
  • Highlights the variety of interpretations of intercultural competence which can be developed

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Towards the Simultaneity of Intercultural Competence

    • Fred Dervin, Zehavit Gross
    Pages 1-10

  3. Adding to Previous Perspectives: Making IC More Effective?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Meta-pragmatic Awareness and Intercultural Competence: The Role of Reflection and Interpretation in Intercultural Mediation

      • Troy McConachy, Anthony J. Liddicoat
      Pages 13-30

    3. Intercultural Competence in Host Students? A Study of Danish Students Facing China at Home

      • Ulla Egidiussen Egekvist, Niels-Erik Lyngdorf, Xiang-Yun Du, Jiannong Shi
      Pages 31-50

    4. From ‘Intercultural Speaker’ to ‘Intercultural Reader’: A Proposal to Reconceptualize Intercultural Communicative Competence Through a Focus on Literary Reading

      • Hild Elisabeth Hoff
      Pages 51-71

    5. Competences for Active Communication and Participation in Diverse Societies: Views of Young People in Iceland

      • Hanna Ragnarsdóttir
      Pages 73-93

  5. Renewed Intercultural Competence in Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. An Interactive, Co-constructed Approach to the Development of Intercultural Understanding in Pre-service Language Teachers

      • Robyn Moloney, Lesley Harbon, Ruth Fielding
      Pages 185-213

    3. Challenges of Teaching Intercultural Business Communication in Times of Turbulence

      • Annelise Ly, Kristin Rygg
      Pages 215-236

    4. Intercultural Competence: Value Disembedding and Hyper-flexibility

      • Karin Zotzmann
      Pages 237-257

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 259-261
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About this book

This book explores the concept of intercultural competence, focusing specifically on education. Intercultural competence can vary depending on the field of research or the context of application and has therefore developed over recent decades. As the world becomes increasingly global intercultural competence has become even more important but it is still not practiced satisfactorily. This book highlights views which are at odds with official and orthodox positions on intercultural competence to encourage fresh approaches to intercultural competence. It will be invaluable for researchers, practitioners and students interested in the global possibilities of education. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Fred Dervin

  • Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Zehavit Gross

About the editors

Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Sweden. He is one of the most critical voices on the meanings of interculturality in education today. 


Zehavit Gross is the chair holder of the UNESCO Chair in Education for Human Values, Tolerance and Peace and the Head of the graduate programme of Management and Development in Informal Education Systems in the School of Education, Bar-Illan University, Israel.    


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Intercultural Competence in Education

  • Book Subtitle: Alternative Approaches for Different Times

  • Editors: Fred Dervin, Zehavit Gross

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58733-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58732-9Published: 12 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58733-6Published: 29 September 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology of Education, International and Comparative Education, Globalization, Sociology of Culture, Communication Studies

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