Educational Approaches to Internationalization through Intercultural Dialogue Reflections on Theory and Practice Internationalization in Higher Education Series

Giving voice to researchers, policy-makers and practitioners through a range of international case studies, Educational Approaches to Internationalization through Intercultural Dialogue interrogates processes of internationalization strategy and practice, from an educational and intercultural dialogue perspective.

Addressing this important, under-discussed area of internationalization ? the role of intercultural dialogue ? this book provides theoretical reflections and applicable, practical case studies that focus on:

• Support for integration programmes for international and home students
• Mobility programmes and initiatives which use an intercultural dialogue approach
• The place of local languages and cultures in foreign language policies
• The possibilities within a higher education context
• The multilingual perspective
• Student and staff perspectives

Focusing on teaching and learning, and exploring the latest research within the context of internationalization, Educational Approaches to Internationalization through Intercultural Dialogue is a must-read for anyone interested in, or currently involved in designing and implementing internationalization strategies within a higher education institution.

About the Editors; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword to the series Internationalization in Higher Education; Introduction: New challenges in the internationalisation of Higher Education; PART I Reflections on concepts; 1. Intercultural Dialogue: An Educational Approach; 2. An Internationalist Perspective on Internationalisation; 3. The Intersection of Internationalisation: Constructing a Knowledge Framework Grounded in Intercultural Dialogue; PART II Reflections on policy and curriculum; 4. Internationalisation as Individual Development. A National Strategy through an Intercultural Dialogue lens; 5. Strategic approaches to internationalisation and intercultural dialogue - policy and practices in the Republic of Ireland; 6. Critical intercultural dialogue opening new paths to internationalization in HE: repositioning local languages and cultures in foreign language policies; 7. Intercultural dialogue in an Aotearoa New Zealand university: Strategy and curriculum; 8. Internationalising the Curriculum: Education Lecturers’ Understandings and Experiences at a UK University; 9. The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university; 10. Higher Education Internationalisation Processes in the USA: Successes and Lessons Learned in Relation to Intercultural Dialogue; PART III Reflections on practice; 11. Intercultural dialogue in a critical and multilingual perspective; 12. Intercultural citizenship as an opportunity for bottom-up intercultural dialogue internationalisation in South America; 13. Student and staff perspectives on Internationalisation at Home: a local investigation; 14. Enhancing faculty and staff engagement in internationalisation: A Hungarian example of training through intercultural dialogue; 15. Are internationalisation strategies and intercultural competences a fitted glove? A case study of part-time management students’ learning experience through intercultural dialogue; PART IV Conclusion; 16. Internationalisation and Higher Education: Questions from an Educationalist/intercultural dialogue perspective

Ulla Lundgren is a former Assistant Professor of Jönköping University, Sweden and an ongoing member of its education research group.

Paloma Castro is Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization at the University of Valladolid, Spain.

Jane Woodin is Director of the Intercultural Communication MA Programmes at the University of Sheffield, UK.