Journal Article

·2013 OPEN ACCESS

Learning with Different Cultures in High Education; an LLP Erasmus Intensive Programmed “Cultural Layers of Public Space”

Seniye Vural YTU , Çiğdem Polatoğlu YTU , Lucas Adam Griffith

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

ERASMUS is the most successful student exchange programmed in the world as EU education and training policies. One of the activities of ERASMUS is Intensive Programmed (IP). The importance of learning with different cultures in high education is focused on this paper by analyzing three workshops as a part of an IP through 2010 till 2012. The three universities; Yildiz Technical University-Turkey, Polytechnic University of Valencia-Spain and University of Stavanger –Norway were the partners of the IP "Cultural Layers of Public Space". The results of these workshops will be from the perception of different cultural backgrounds with different public spaces and building activities.

Keywords

Erasmus+ Space (punctuation) Perception Public space Cultural space Pedagogy Sociology Library science Political science Engineering History Computer science Psychology Social science Art history Architectural engineering

Subject Areas

Higher Education Learning Practices ·Education ·Social Sciences
Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation ·Education ·Social Sciences
Higher Education Governance and Development ·Political Science and International Relations ·Social Sciences