Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2026

Full Length Research Paper

Exploring intercultural competence in teacher education: A comparative study between science and foreign language teacher trainers

Kadriye Dilek Akpinar1*
  • Kadriye Dilek Akpinar1*
  • 1Gazi University, Faculty of Education, Foreign Languages Teaching Department, Ankara, Turkey.
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and Ihsan Unaldi2
  • and Ihsan Unaldi2
  • 2Gaziantep University, Faculty of Education, Foreign Languages Teaching Department, Gaziantep, Turkey
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  •  Received: 27 May 2014
  •  Accepted: 15 October 2014
  •  Published: 10 November 2014

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