Ideas for Intercultural Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. International and Intercultural Education

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 1-19

3. Refusing the Other

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 21-51

4. Engaging the Other

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 53-74

5. International Student Lives

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 75-97

6. Cross-Cultural Relations in Higher Education

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 99-117

7. The Cross-Cultural Classroom

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 119-135

8. Conclusion 1

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 137-163

9. Conclusion 2

   • Simon Marginson, Erlenawati Sawir

   Pages 165-185

10. Back Matter

    Pages 187-223

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Takes a critical look at present approaches to international education, focusing on the intercultural potential that it offers but mostly fails to deliver. The underlying premise of this profound, engaging book is that international education can be a transforming intercultural experience for hosts as well as visitors.

• education
• higher education
• Nation
• research

"This important book comes just when it is most needed. With the number of students studying outside their home countries at a historic high and rising steeply, the phenomenon of global education now touches nearly every college and university. Exploring the international student experience through both a theoretical and a practical lens, Simon Marginson and Erlenawati Sawir offer insights that all academic leaders can apply to help achieve the fullest potential of higher education in the global era: rich and transformative connection between foreign and local students, their institutions, and the communities they share." - John Sexton, President, New York University

"Written in lucid English, Ideas for Intercultural Education is a unique combination of empirical investigation, theoretical inquiry and practical guidance. Treating international students as decent human beings, this rare, splendid volume goes beyond where other texts tend to stop to meet a variety of needs from researchers, teachers, students and parents." - Rui Yang, The University of Hong Kong

"Marginson and Sawir provide a compelling case as to why students have not, but should be, at the heart and center of intercultural education while universities are increasingly commercializing their international activities. This book is a must-read for all international educators and staff." - Jenny Lee, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Arizona

• Centre for the Study of Higher Education, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

  Simon Marginson

• International Education Research Centre, Central Queensland University, Melbourne, Australia

  Erlenawati Sawir

SIMON MARGINSON Professor of Higher Education at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He works on globalization and higher education, comparative and international education, knowledge economy policy, and issues of freedom and creativity, with some emphasis on the Asia-Pacific.

ERLENAWATI SAWIR Research Fellow at the International Education Research Centre of Central Queensland University in Melbourne.She worked previouslyas a Research Fellow at Monash University and the University of Melbourne.

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