Internationalization of higher education: Intercultural encounters by Hanesova Dana

The research material was collected during an EU project of internationalization of higher education students. The material was relatively ample. It gave voice to university exchange students from various countries and their experiences in destination countries. The material offered many viewing angles. The findings were observed from three perspectives: experiences, reflection, and conceptualization. Relationships and interaction were analyzed through virtues and emotional experiences. In experiential learning the cognitive was completed by emotional encounters. In experiential learning it was important to get active experiences of people, organizations, living and studying as well as of languages. Reflective practice had started well, but it was not yet far advanced, which is natural. The most useful outcome from the exchange period were pragmatic experiences. It was a good start to nurture imagination, emotion, and cognition.