Development of Intercultural Learning: New Challenges for Higher Education in Ukraine

• Authors: Irina Sikorskaya
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper depicts the new challenges facing higher education institutions in Ukraine in the context of necessity of developing proper intercultural knowledge, skills, and competences of contemporary graduates. It also provides the background for the increasing role of higher education in respect of enhancing intercultural learning. The paper emphasizes the importance of introducing changes in curriculum design, improvement of teaching qualifications, and growing students’ intercultural socialization. Finally the paper proposes some recommendations for achieving positive transformations of higher education in Ukraine in regards of addressing the challenges of modern pluralistic society.

Keywords

EN

intercultural learning; higher education institution; student’s socialization; globalized world

• Publisher: Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedze i Naukę "Cognitione" / Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu – National-Louis University
• Journal: Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 7
• Pages: 43-50

Contributors

author

Irina Sikorskaya

• Prof. Irina Sikorskaya, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology of Management, Donetsk State University of Management, Ukraine