Intercultural communication as an important element in student mobility

This chapter examines pre-service teachers’ development of intercultural competence during the course Education and Sustainability with practice in Africa. The qualitative study explores pre-service teachers’ awareness of differences in verbal and nonverbal communication, critically evaluating their own values and attitudes. The results show that the pre-service teachers focus on factors such as time, position and gender in intercultural encounters, and this new insight can be valuable in Norwegian classrooms.