An Intercultural Integration Academy will be held in Iceland on 25-28 March organised by the Council of Europe (Intercultural cities programme), the Ministry of Social Affairs and UNHCR. More...
Re-thinking language and communication skills in curriculum development
In academia, we tend to agree that the purpose of higher education is to educate academic professionals who are prominent experts in their fields and disciplines. When looking at recent research one can conclude that expertise is seen as relational referring to the capacity to work with other practitioners in transdisciplinary contexts that are often multilingual, multicultural and multimodal. More...
Le Q.I et le Qi
Deux lettres condensent des approches divergentes pour appréhender le monde. D'une part le Q.I ( quotient intellectuel) d'Alfred Binet et Simon, inventé au début du XXème siècle et d'autre part le Qi asiatique (prononcer tchi pour le chinois ou ki en version japonaise), ce souffle vital entoure tout et est présent partout. Ces deux approches nous projettent par le corps tout entier dans l'action. Plus...
AFS Intercultural Programs expands to Ireland
By Viggo Stacey. International exchange organisation AFS Intercultural Programs has announced it will expand to include AFS Ireland as its 61st member. More...
Favoriser la citoyenneté inclusive et interculturelle par l'éducation aux médias
Program to create “network for cultural exchange”
By Viggo Stacey. Artists across France, Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey will have the opportunity to travel over borders to complete work placements thanks to a partnership between the Goethe Institute of Germany and the Turkish Yunus Emre Institute. More...
Italian schools “more multicultural”
By Claudia Civinini. Italian schools are becoming more “multi-ethnic and multicultural”, latest figures by the Italian Ministry of Education reveal. More...
Learner Control in Personal Learning Environments: A Cross- Cultural Study
Learner Control in Personal Learning Environments: A Cross- Cultural Study
Ilona Buchem, Gemma Tur Ferrer, Tobias Hölterhof, Journal of Literacy, Technology, June 3, 2014
According to the authors, "research on learner control in context of PLE has moved beyond computer assisted programs, intelligent tutoring systems and learning management systems towards authentic learning contexts mediated by technology in which the learner may have a greater control of either tangible or intangible elements of a learning environment." This paper develops that research, looking at degrees of perceived personal ownership in cross-cultural settings. More...
Grime talent appreciated at Oxford University
The research programme Creative Multilingualism, led by Oxford’s faculty of modern languages and involving five other universities including Birmingham City University, is collaborating with Punch Records to investigate the creative potential nurtured by multilingual communities in Birmingham and beyond. More...