Full Description
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.
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.
