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Intercultural Education in the Digital Age

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Multicultural education; Empathy education

Introduction

Intercultural education and multicultural education are interchangeable terms that intend to educate people to appreciate living and knowing diverse cultures, by learning with students from different backgrounds, nationalities, and cultures. Some writers suggest that there are differences between the two terms, but a recent study argued that they have many areas of overlap and that the different use of the terms is mainly caused by the fact that multiculturalism is the term widely used in the United States, whereas interculturalism is more frequently used in Europe (Holm and Zilliacus 2009). The entry considers the subject matter of intercultural education per se and the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT). It describes various policies and visions that promote learning about others and models of working collaboratively together. The focus will be on the digital area and how ICT contributes to...

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    Miri Shonfeld

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    Don Passey BSc(Hons), PGCE, MA, MBCS, PhD

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Shonfeld, M. (2019). Intercultural Education in the Digital Age. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60013-0_105-1

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