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Dahl, Tove I. – Journal of Peace Education, 2009
Do camps provide a particular kind of thinking space where learning that lasts is facilitated? The argument is built around the concept of transformative learning that involves understanding who we are or wish to be and how we grow accordingly. The nature of such learning is explored through its conceptual relationship with changes in attitudes…
Descriptors: Global Education, Citizenship, Transformative Learning, Attitude Change
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Colon-Muniz, Anaida; SooHoo, Suzanne; Brignoni, Evangelina – Teaching Education, 2010
The study explores the impact of a course taught abroad, with the objective of preparing globally minded intercultural educators proficient in second language and culture pedagogy for English learners. The findings suggest that the course content is more powerful when teacher candidates experience cultural and linguistic immersion simultaneously.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Bilingual Education
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Elder, Catherine – Language Teaching Research, 2009
The paper offers a retrospective evaluation of recent evaluative studies of bilingual programs in the Australian state of Victoria, in an attempt to determine how successfully the evaluation process met the dual criteria of external accountability and development. The programs in question were located in primary or secondary government schools and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Bilingual Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Walker, Elizabeth – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
This paper reports on part of an evaluation of a 2-year program providing preparatory support for 430 Cantonese Chinese-native-speaking students switching from Chinese to English-medium instruction late in their secondary schooling, mainly because of aspiration to English-medium tertiary study. Focusing quantitatively and qualitatively on…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students
Morrison, Frances; And Others – 1982
Primary and late entry French immersion programs in Ottawa and Carleton schools were evaluated. French proficiency was tested among former immersion students enrolled in grade 10 bilingual programs and compared with that of grades 8-12 bilingual program students. Spoken and written French were assessed and a detailed error analysis was performed.…
Descriptors: French, Immersion Programs, Language Proficiency, Program Effectiveness
Brohy, Claudine – 2001
This report, written in French and German, provides an evaluation of a pilot program, begun during the 1999-2000 school year, in which Kindergarten students (aged 5 to 6 years) in the French-speaking town of Cressier and the German-speaking town of Jeuss-Lurtigen-Salvenach, both in the bilingual Fribourg/Freiburg Canton of Switzerland,received 10%…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Foreign Countries, French, German
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Dicks, Joseph E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
The delivery of French immersion programs in Canada is discussed in terms of whether an immersion program in lower, middle, or upper grades is the most effective. (three references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, French
Mitchell, Stephanie – 1990
The Ainsworth School Spanish Partial Immersion Program (Portland, Oregon) was established in 1987 to provide an elementary foreign language magnet program to children in the district. The program's major goals are bilingual proficiency and increased understanding of the second language culture. During 1989-1990, the program enrolled 205 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Immersion Programs, Primary Education
Cziko, Gary A. – 1982
The evaluation of bilingual education programs is complicated by such factors as the diversity of evaluation methodologies and program goals and the reliability of instruments for minority language students. Three bilingual program evaluations in foreign countries are described in terms of their different contexts and approaches in order to raise…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
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Swain, Merrill – Comparative Education Review, 1978
In discussing the problems of evaluating Canadian bilingual immersion programs, six related aspects are separately considered: (1) the research design, (2) the students tested, (3) the nature of the tests used, (4) the methods of analysis employed, and (5) the interpretation of findings. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, French
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Genesee, Fred – Canadian Journal of Education, 1978
English-speaking pupils, who had participated since kindergarten in a French immersion program, were compared to French-speaking students and to English-speakers in a regular elementary program which included French instruction. Standardized tests in French, English, and mathematics showed achievement patterns consistent with those reported in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Morrison, Frances; And Others – 1980
The effectiveness of alternative programs for teaching French as a second language in Ottawa and Carleton schools was evaluated. French proficiency, English skills, and academic achievement were assessed among students in grades 3-8 in the core French program, grades 4-6 in extended French, grades 10 and 12 in the bilingual program, and grade 8…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, FLES, French
Morrison, Frances; And Others – 1981
Alternative programs for teaching French as a second language in Ottawa and Carleton schools were evaluated. The study included a cross-sectional replication of previous French listening comprehension testing of grade 4-8 students in the core French program, French proficiency testing of grades 10 and 12 primary and late entry immersion students,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, FLES, French, Immersion Programs
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Wilson, Robert J.; Connock, Marilyn I. – 1982
Student achievement in grades kindergarten through four in the partial immersion program of the Ottawa Roman Catholic Separate School Board was investigated. Achievement in English and French language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science was assessed using instruments referenced to learning objectives. Student and teacher background…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Morrison, Frances; And Others – 1984
The parents of students in the second year of a kindergarten French immersion program were surveyed to determine their experiences in the program, and a sample of the children who had spent one or two years in immersion was interviewed by a procedure developed for assessing the French language skills. The interview procedure was planned to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Interviews
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