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<p>Intercultural competence is an increasingly debated subject, at least in foreign specialized literature, not in the national one, especially in the context of university education where most exchanges of experience take place between universities from various European countries and not only. The purpose of this article is to identify and clarify from a theoretical point of view the concept of intercultural competence and the importance of its formation at the level of university education. The article analyzes aspects and opinions regarding the term intercultural competence and the components that make up this competence. It also presents some of the development models of competence, which have the role of strengthening the characteristics of intercultural competence. The theoretical aspects analyzed regarding intercultural competence demonstrate the importance of this competence and the necessity of its training at the university level, which should arouse the interest of actors in the university system towards a thorough training of intercultural competence for their students and giving it special importance.</p>
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Intercultural competence is an increasingly debated subject, at least in foreign specialized literature, not in the national one, especially in the context of university education where most exchanges of experience take place between universities from various European countries and not only. The purpose of this article is to identify and clarify from a theoretical point of view the concept of intercultural competence and the importance of its formation at the level of university education. The article analyzes aspects and opinions regarding the term intercultural competence and the components that make up this competence. It also presents some of the development models of competence, which have the role of strengthening the characteristics of intercultural competence. The theoretical aspects analyzed regarding intercultural competence demonstrate the importance of this competence and the necessity of its training at the university level, which should arouse the interest of actors in the university system towards a thorough training of intercultural competence for their students and giving it special importance.

Intercultural Competence – a key competence for higher education

Journal of Education, Society & Multiculturalism

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Intercultural competence is an increasingly debated subject, at least in foreign specialized literature, not in the national one, especially in the context of...

Intercultural Competence – a key competence for higher education

Publicado en línea: 13 dic 2022

Páginas: 164 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jesm-2022-0024

Palabras clave
intercultural competence, higher education, mobility, student

© 2022 Florentina-Lavinia Matei, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Intercultural Competence – a key competence for higher education

Publicado en línea: 13 dic 2022

Páginas: 164 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jesm-2022-0024

Palabras claveintercultural competence, higher education, mobility, student

© 2022 Florentina-Lavinia Matei, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
intercultural competence, higher education, mobility, student