Educational aspects of development of intercultural competence at higher education institutions in Lithuania and foreign countries in the context of master students experience

Abstract

Successful teaching / learning process is related to favourable educational environment, motivation system and selected suitable teaching and assessment methods and strategies. It is necessary to provide favourable educational environment and different teaching and assessment methods and fonus for development of intercultural competence of master level students, taking into consideration the internationalization of higher education institutions (students mobility, internationalization at home strategies, internationalized study programmes). Developing of intercultural competence must involve experiential learning, problem based learning, cooperation based learning, reflexive learning, and cognitive learning strategies. In this article the educational peculiarities of development of intercultural competence are assessed and analysed with reference to master students' experiences of studies at Lithuanian and foreign higher education institutions. The participants of the research reflected on different educational aspects which helped to develop their intercultural competence. The main aim of the research presented in this article is to analyze educational aspects of development of intercultural competence in Lithuanian and foreign higher education institutions

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