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Global, international and intercultural education: three contemporary approaches to teaching and learning

Global, international and intercultural education: three contemporary approaches to teaching and... Guest editorial Global, international and intercultural education: three contemporary approaches to teaching and learning Monica Lourenço Introduction Monica Lourenc¸o is based at Research Centre on Globalization has played a key role in shaping societies over the past couple of decades. Didactics and Technology Still, there is little agreement on its merits and perils and, most importantly, on how it can be in the Education of Trainers, best defined. Attempts to provide a broader understanding of this charged concept see University of Aveiro, globalization as the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness Portugal. in all aspects of contemporary social life, including economic, political, social and cultural spheres, as a result of rapid advances in technology, communication and travel (Giddens, 2000). This interconnectedness offers new possibilities to interact with and learn from culturally-diverse people, as well as to access information in real-time. However, it also brings challenges of unparalleled magnitude. Because we are interconnected (and interdependent), what happens in other parts of the world on a global level affects us on a The author would like to end local level, and vice versa. Hence, climate change, war and conflict, gender and social this editorial by thanking all the inequality, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png On the Horizon Emerald Publishing

Global, international and intercultural education: three contemporary approaches to teaching and learning

On the Horizon , Volume 26 (2): 11 – Jun 4, 2018

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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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1074-8121
DOI
10.1108/OTH-06-2018-095
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Guest editorial Global, international and intercultural education: three contemporary approaches to teaching and learning Monica Lourenço Introduction Monica Lourenc¸o is based at Research Centre on Globalization has played a key role in shaping societies over the past couple of decades. Didactics and Technology Still, there is little agreement on its merits and perils and, most importantly, on how it can be in the Education of Trainers, best defined. Attempts to provide a broader understanding of this charged concept see University of Aveiro, globalization as the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness Portugal. in all aspects of contemporary social life, including economic, political, social and cultural spheres, as a result of rapid advances in technology, communication and travel (Giddens, 2000). This interconnectedness offers new possibilities to interact with and learn from culturally-diverse people, as well as to access information in real-time. However, it also brings challenges of unparalleled magnitude. Because we are interconnected (and interdependent), what happens in other parts of the world on a global level affects us on a The author would like to end local level, and vice versa. Hence, climate change, war and conflict, gender and social this editorial by thanking all the inequality,

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On the HorizonEmerald Publishing

Published: Jun 4, 2018

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