Intercultural Preparation in Higher Education

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-11683-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality

Intercultural Preparation in Higher Education critically examines the complexities of intercultural preparation, challenging reductionist, competence-based approaches and emphasising critical reflection, linguistic sensitivity and intersectional perspectives, which offer transformative insight.

This concise yet comprehensive book draws on the author's extensive experience in preparing students and educators for diversity and intercultural engagement within Chinese and Finnish higher education – two distinct yet interconnected settings. Chen advocates for reflexive, context-sensitive frameworks that address power dynamics, ideological influences and epistemic inequalities shaping intercultural encounters. Synthesising global and Chinese research, the author deconstructs interculturality as an ideological construct and proposes expanding it to encompass diverse diversities. Through case studies of Chinese Minzu education, Finnish teacher training and China's mental health and well-being education, the author explores how to equip educators and students for glocalised (global + local) realities. The book argues that mental health education in China, for instance, can redefine interculturality beyond 'international' or 'ethnic' binaries. By interrogating dominant paradigms and proposing equitable alternatives, the author advances a balanced and inclusive vision of preparation for all in higher education and beyond.

The title is designed for educators, researchers, students and practitioners interested in intercultural studies, higher education, as well as internationalisation and globalisation.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Ning

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Intercultural preparation towards the ‘glocal’? 2. Positioning diversity, interculturality and preparation  3. Multifaceted landscapes of intercultural preparation 4. Moving forward with intercultural preparation for all in higher education

Über Autor(innen)

Ning Chen is a Lecturer at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (China) and a Visiting Researcher/Professor in educational sciences at the University of Helsinki (Finland). Chen has published several articles and chapters about critical and reflexive interculturality and is the co-editor of The Concise Routledge Encyclopaedia of New Concepts for Interculturality (Routledge, 2025, with Dervin & R’boul).