Presents comparison of three types of exchange programs between anglophone and francophone students in Quebec and their effects on students' language and cultural attitudes. Results showed that direct contact between geographically distant groups is more successful than exchanges between geographically close groups and between distant groups where…

Offers insights and advice for anyone contemplating a director's position in an overseas study program. In addition to stressing that the goals of the program be well-defined and well-planned, the importance of offering the exchange students a complete, integrated exposure to the language and culture of the host country is stressed. (SL)

Provides a list of international cooperative programs available to teachers and students. (FL)

Discusses Raptors Connecting Cultures (RCC), a multicultural environmental education program for Latino students. The RCC Program attempted to make connections between local ecology in eastern Pennsylvania and the students' home countries using the concept of migration as a link. Encourages the inclusion of contributions and connections from…

In an exchange program, 11- and 12-year olds from Arles (France) (n=25) and Sparta (Greece) (n=27) visited each other's cities and explored the culture and history. This study explores the ways they conceptualized the cultural patrimony of both cities through student drawings. The exchange created opportunities for dialog about European culture.…

Argues for centrality of living the ethnographic life for any cultural studies students spending a period of time abroad, as this approach is based on a methodology in which data and concepts illuminate each other. Language is no longer separated from social and cultural knowledge but "lived" and developed within a community in which the student…

Ideas and approaches are suggested for the orientation of high school students involved in the international/intercultural programs sponsored by the American Field Service (AFS). The nine documents presented may be copied or adapted for use by AFS national offices as they develop their own materials for orientation of students, host families, and…

Discusses student cultural exchange programs in Canada, focusing on: (1) the value of cultural exchanges and (2) the findings of research studies on the effects of student exchanges on second-language proficiency and student attitudes toward the people they are visiting. A list of current exchange programs is appended. (SED)

Describes a three-week exchange program where William H. Turner Technical Arts High School (Miami, Florida) students participated in the U.S./Russian student exchange program. Focuses on the students' stereotypes before the trip and their interview comments following the trip about the hardships in Russia. (CMK)

Describes a Johns Hopkins University program based in Nanjing, China, which gives Chinese and American students a close look at each other and the ideas that shape or divide their two worlds. The program, which is challenged by deep divisions between the countries, brings about 100 Chinese and foreign (mostly American) college graduates to live…

This bibliography brings together a comprehensive listing of studies from all disciplines about United States students studying abroad. The bibliography lists 267 items, many with abstracts, covering the years 1951 through 1988. Its scope include all published reports as well as unpublished papers. The studies are arranged by author, with…

Planning ideas and follow-up activities are described for a reciprocal exchange program between groups of 5th and 6th grade students in Manitoba who are "twinned" with another school in the province. Emphasis is on providing learning experiences which help students become familiar with the economic activity in the area, with the local government…

Describes goals, participants, legal considerations, costs, community support, and results of the work exchange program between the University of Louisville (Kentucky) and Montpellier, France, designed to promote maximum language skill development and cultural understanding at the least possible cost to participants. (CB)

This report documents the Strategies to Advance the Internalization of Learning (SAIL) program developed at Michigan State University (MSU) to promote international, comparative, and cross-cultural learning and cross-cultural understanding in the university community. A total of 350 foreign and U.S. students who had international experience…

A study abroad program in Jordan has been run by Ambassador University (Texas) for the last 15 years. During this time, nearly 150 Ambassador University students have participated in a work-study program in Amman sponsored by the Ambassador Foundation. During their stay in Jordan, the students teach Jordanian students with physical and mental…