《跨文化经历与教育》一书的三位主要编著者是跨文化与教育研究领域著名学者。其中Geof Alred(阿尔里德)博士是英国心理学学会注册心理学家、顾问培训师、私人顾问、前任高校学生顾问。他的主要研究方向包括隐喻理解、治疗学用语、学习指导和跨文化经历研究，特别是留学生活经历以及这种经历带来的长效意义。

《跨文化经历与教育》将“跨文化间性”的含义进行了扩展，不仅限于通常意义上的外语教育和跨文化培训，而且侧重于成为跨文化人的经历过程。该书涵盖领域比较宽泛，除教育外，还包括民族志学、心理治疗和戏剧等。

Foreword

Series Editors' Preface

Contributors' Biographical Notes

1 Introduction

Geof Alred, Mike Byram and Mike Fleming

2 Becoming a 'Better Stranger': A Therapeutic Perspective on

Intercultural Experience and/as Education

Geof Alred

3 For a Flexible Model of Intercultural Understanding

Lothar Bredella

4 On Being 'Bicultural' and 'Intercultural'

Mike Byram

5 Learning to Be Intercultural

Leah Davcheva

6 Intercultural Experience and Drama

Mike Fleming

7 An Experience of Interculturality: Student Travellers Abroad

Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune

8 Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning During

Residence Abroad

Celia Roberts

9 Searching for the Intercultural Person

Phyllis M. Ryan

10 Changing the Focus: A Discussion of the Dynamics of the

Intercultural Experience

Amita Sen Gupta

11 English for the English: An Intercultural Approach

David Stevens

12 A Framework for Teaching and Learning 'Intercultural

Competence'

Susanne Weber

13 The Recognition of Intercultural Competences: From Individual

Experience to Certification

Genevieve Zarate

Afterword: What Does It Mean to be Intercultural

Lothar Bredella

Index