Ideas for Intercultural Education - Paperback

by S. Marginson (Author), E. Sawir (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.