Today we're talking about sex(uality) education! It's not only about the Netflix show, it's not only about sex either. What does sexuality education entail? How can we educate kids but also older generations about consent, boundaries and sexual identity? Nicola advocates consent should be a human right and explains why. We talk about education towards healthy sexual standards and against unhealthy sexual behaviour. In this era of informal education through social media we get information about ourselves, others, and our relations with each other according to the societal narrative. Especially now it’s important to offer information and learn to critically consider decisions and information. The concepts are worked out in documents and policies, but there is a gap between the academic world and the (educational) reality. We’re talking about informed consent in the non-academical way, normalizing this subject and supporting education for it.

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In last week's episode, we heard Summer about intercultural exchange in higher education. Today, Yuto will share his perspective on the importance of intercultural competencies, motivated by a personal experience, with us. In education, we teach (factual) knowledge, skills, and attitudes. But how can we teach these attitudes, or values? Yuto found out how difficult it is to teach intercultural literacy (as defined by UNESCO) and decided to search for ways to teach intercultural competencies. For example, through experiential and vicarious learning or high impact practices. Will teaching intercultural literacy become as normal as teaching literacy, as reading and writing? How can we use education to work towards an accepting society, a critical society, and towards a collective?

Our conversation was inspired by another podcast episode  by FreshEd, called ''What are intercultural competencies?'' with researcher Darla Deardorff. 

The book Yuto was talking about during the quick-fire questions, is called ''The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia'' by Michael Booth.

ps. Pro tip from Yuto: listen to the episodes before going to bed. Yuto has never finished an episode because he falls asleep before they end.

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Our 35 classmates of the master's programme in ICE come from almost an equal amount of different countries. There are numerous opportunities to pursue a part of your programme or your entire bachelor's or master's programme at university abroad. Higher education institutions are interationalizing. What exactly does this mean, for students, teachers and the institutions? How can we make sure that we maximize learning outcomes? Is English as language of instruction enough? Today, we are discussing the internationalization of higher education. Summer has been writing about this topic in combination to academic staff training, curricula and learning visions. 

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Today we discuss one of the contextual factors influencing education: politics! Our guest of today is active in local politics and we learn why and how he feels he can contribute to education in this way. We talk about the power of politics and decisions on freedom of school choice, stimulation of equity, but also allocation of funds and the increasing amount of private profits in education in Sweden. 

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The book Daniel was talking about in his answer to the quick-fire questions, is titled Det fria ordet by Johannes Klenell (in Swedish)

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It's time to talk about elections! Do you vote? Do you know how to? Where did you get your information from? How do you make informed decisions? In this episode Hanna and I talk about the role of education in electoral processes locally, nationally and internationally. The right to vote is fundamental in a democratic society and therefore it is very important that we teach people how to. When this right is compromised, it is important we know who is wrong and why. Within these processes of knowledge attainment, there is a big role for non-formal learning for adults and the concept of life-long learning. 

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Curious about the book she mentioned during the quick-fire questions? It's called Factfulness. 

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Or check out the website the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, with information on voter education  

In this episode I welcome my very first guest, a fellow student, colleague and friend. He is the perfect person to break the ice by telling us what he values in education. Education can be a way to create your identity, develop critical thinking and feel empowered. How can we stimulate this process, both at a young age and later on? How can arts in schools help us in this process? And which role do teachers play in this? 

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Pöllänen, S. H. (2011). Beyond craft and art: A pedagogical model for craft as self-expression. International Journal of Education Through Art, 7(2), 111–125. doi:10.1386/eta.7.2.111_1  

Hawkins, B. (2002). Children’s Drawing, Self Expression, Identity and the Imagination. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 21(3), 209–219. doi:10.1111/1468-5949.00318  

Lampert, N. (2006). Critical Thinking Dispositions as an Outcome of Art Education. Studies in Art Education, 47(3), 215–228. doi:10.1080/00393541.2006.11650083

Welcome to ICE-breaking, the podcast about International and Comparative Education! My name is Frederike and in this first episode I will tell you exactly why I am making this podcast and what you can expect of it - as well as some theoretical information about the educational values of podcasts.

I'm looking forward to continue this project and all episodes and guests to come! 

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You're invited (in style) to co-create an episode for this podcast! I would love for you to join, let me know if you're in!