Intercultural Education: Recommended Reading

The Intercultural Press publishes many terrific books that skillfully blend academic research, theory and practical advice, so these books are concrete and specific, but also well grounded in thorough research. They offer great advice on everything from coping with culture shock, to understanding people from other cultures, to developing the traits and skills necessary to comfortably and successfully communicate cross-

culturally. The list below includes titles reviewed during the revision of the Intercultural Education component of this Revised World Travel 101 Tool Kit. In addition, the Peace Corps has developed

several resources on cross-cultural communication, all available on the web. Portions of the Intercultural Education component of this presentation were based, with permission, on Peace Corps materials. All of

these resources are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding, produced by the Peace Corps’ Paul D. Coverdell WorldWise Schools program, (available in pdf format on the web at http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/bridges or by calling 1-800-424-8580.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference, by Craig Storti, (Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1994).

Culture from the Inside Out: Travel—and Meet Yourself, by Alan Cornes, (Intercultural Press, 2004).

Culture Matters: The Peace Corps Cross-Cultural Workbook, produced by the Peace Corps Information Collection and Exchange, and available on the web at http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/culturematters or by calling 1-202-512-1800 (U.S. Government Printing Office).

Culture Matters: Trainer’s Guide, produced by the Peace Corps Information Collection and Exchange, January 1999, and available on the web at http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/culturematters/guide.pdf or by calling 1-202-512-1800 (U.S. Government Printing Office).

Developing Intercultural Awareness: A Cross-Cultural Handbook (2nd ed.), by Robert Kohls and John M. Knight, (Intercultural Press, 1994).

The Exchange Student Survival Kit, by Bettina Hansel, (Intercultural Press, 1993).

Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures, by Gert Jan Hofstede, Paul B. Pedersen, and Geert Hofstede, (Intercultural Press, 2002).

Survival Kit for Overseas Living: For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad (4th

ed.), by Robert Kohls, (Intercultural Press, 2001).

Whole World Guide to Culture Learning, by J. Daniel Hess, (Intercultural Press, 1994).