AKADEMSKA MOBILNOST: PRILIKA ZA RAZVOJ INTERKULTURALNIH VRIJEDNOSTI
ACADEMIC MOBILITY: AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP INTERCULTURAL VALUES

Summary/Abstract: Erasmus+ is the EU's program to support education which offers a great number of opportunities for students, academic and administrative staff. One of the key Erasmus+ activities are exchange programs that enable individuals to study, train, and gain experience abroad. Erasmus+ program offers support for formal and informal education aiming to develop all the potentials of lifelong learning. EU higher education policies recognize academic mobility as an instrument for promoting European values and intercultural competence. By participating in Erasmus+ education program, social dimension of higher education is being achieved, along with diversity among students while offering them equal education opportunities. Interaction among different cultures of students is a basis for internationalization of higher education. This can stimulate the process of integrating international, intercultural and global aspects in order to bring European education programs closer to the international ones, along with creating a global environment. Reaching out to “different” lifestyles, cultures and people, enables the development of positive attitudes towards diversity and achievement of social cohesion within student communities of Erasmus+ program. Therefore, this paper aims to demonstrate results of a research conducted to identify some of the intercultural values, beliefs and practices of students through participating in Erasmus+ programs, as well as development of young minds and creating a global environment.

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