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HIGHER EDUCATION, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND SOCIAL DIMENSION

HIGHER EDUCATION, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND SOCIAL DIMENSION. Sjur Bergan Council of Europe Nicosia, April 4, 2008. LIVING IN THE AGE OF THE ECONOMY?. Employment Competitiveness Use of resources Purchasing power as a political issue Economic performance. ONLY THE ECONOMY?.

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HIGHER EDUCATION, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND SOCIAL DIMENSION

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  1. HIGHER EDUCATION, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND SOCIAL DIMENSION Sjur Bergan Council of Europe Nicosia, April 4, 2008

  2. LIVING IN THE AGE OF THE ECONOMY? • Employment • Competitiveness • Use of resources • Purchasing power as a political issue • Economic performance

  3. ONLY THE ECONOMY? • Four events end 2007: • Pakistan • Kenya • Hand over of EU Presidency from Portugal to Slovenia • Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the International Panel on Climate Change • And one on April 4: • Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King 40 years ago

  4. SO IT IS NOT JUST THE ECONOMY • Environmental sustainability • Climate change • “An inconvenient truth” • Coping with diversity • Cultural • Linguistic • Religious • Living conditions • Social cohesion

  5. HIGHER EDUCATION • Fundamental to developing democratic culture • Not a once in a lifetime experience • Provides individuals with opportunities • Allows societies to make the best possible use of the potential of its members • The contribution of HE to the economy is important, but does not exist in a vacuum

  6. MAJOR PURPOSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION • Labor market • Democratic citizenship • Personal development • Knowledge base

  7. HIGHER EDUCATION ON CAMPUS • Higher education is international… • .. but is this reflected on campus? • A community of many nationalities or many national communities?

  8. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION • Students and staff of all nationalities and cultural backgrounds interact easily • Your background does not determine your social life • Cultural differences are fully respected • By the institution • By its members • Campus: a venue of dialogue

  9. HIGHER EDCUATION IN BROADER SOCIETY • Provide learners with a set of competences • must include ability and willingness to engage in intercultural dialogue • Develop attitudes and abilities • Show good practice • “Practice what you preach” • Actors in broader society: societal responsibility

  10. INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND DEMOCRATIC CULTURE • Require open minds… • …but also convictions • Willingness to question our own ideas, opinions and behavior… • …but also those of others • Intellectual curiosity

  11. ULTIMATE QUESTION • Education: for what? = • What kind of society do we want? • Cf. Eugenio Tironi: El sueño chileno. Comunidad, familia y nación en el Bicentenario

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