International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding: Promoting Peace and Global Relations

International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding: Promoting Peace and Global Relations

by Julie Mathews-Aydinli (Editor)
International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding: Promoting Peace and Global Relations

International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding: Promoting Peace and Global Relations

by Julie Mathews-Aydinli (Editor)

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319829197
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 07/03/2017
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julie Mathews-Aydinli is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Bilkent University, Turkey.

Table of Contents

1. The BIG picture: Reflections on the role of international educational exchange in peace and understanding

2. Exchanges and peacemaking: Counterfactuals and unexplored possibilities

3. English as a global lingua franca: Lingua frankensteinia or intercultural opportunity?

4. Technology platforms for public diplomacy: Affordances for education

5. Strategic communication and the marketization of educational exchange

6. The role of US elite military schools in promoting intercultural understanding and democratic governance

7. The Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program: 27 years of public diplomacy in practice

8. Exploring the impact of the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program on grantees’ educational and cultural beliefs and practices

9. The interculturality of graduate Turkish sojourners to English L1 countries

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“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 introductions as 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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