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“So why do we assume our teachers pull at the right end of the rope?” This question was raised during a discussion concerning the intercultural competences of our faculty in comparison to the perceived disappointing level of intercultural competences of our graduates. Intercultural competence development is only one part of internationalization at home, yet a part that seems to be more difficult to grasp than language proficiency or international learning outcomes (van der Poel & van der Werf, 2014).
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van der Poel, M.H. (2016). The Intercultural Competences Learning Lab. In: Jones, E., Coelen, R., Beelen, J., Wit, H.d. (eds) Global and Local Internationalization. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-301-8_14
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