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Feast, Vicki; Collyer-Braham, Sarah; Bretag, Tracey – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2011
This paper reports on the development and preliminary evaluation of "Global Experience", an innovative programme at the University of South Australia designed to broaden students' intercultural engagement through a range of international experiential activities. The paper provides the rationale for the establishment of the programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Global Education, Program Evaluation
Kelleher, Royston R.; Williams, Len E. – Education Canada, 1986
Describes a program in operation since 1972 which enables university students from Newfoundland to do student teaching in England. Reports results of a survey that asked the program's first participants to evaluate, in retrospect, the strengths and weaknesses of that cross-cultural teaching experience. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. National Security and International Affairs Div. – 1993
A study reviewed the U.S. government-funded international educational, cultural, and training exchange programs. Sixteen agencies with about 75 programs were identified for inclusion in an inventory of such programs. The large number of programs managed by the various agencies created the potential for program duplication, overlap, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cultural Exchange
Albala-Bertrand, Luis – Educational Innovation and Information, 1995
The International Project "What Education for What Citizenship?", covering about 40 countries, is the first project ever conceived on such a scale and having a truly cross-cultural character. This publication discusses methods used to address some major questions related to increasing the relevance and efficiency of citizenship education.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Concept Formation
Russell, A. Yvonne, Ed.; Lusero, Gilberto T., Ed. – 1985
Papers presented, workshop discussions, and conference recommendations are collected in this report of a conference intended to review health needs along the United States-Mexico border and focus on what assistance might practically and realistically be given by the Carnegie Corporation and other private and public funders. Topics of discussion…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Biculturalism, Death, Diseases
Pang, Laura J. – 1989
The primary objective of this 3-year project was to introduce a new curriculum of international study into an engineering and applied sciences, single-purpose university with the curriculum focus on the social sciences and languages. The basic problem addressed by the project was that the engineering profession is exceptionally international in…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. – 1969
After an introductory commentary in which recommendations for and evaluations of the government's handling of international educational and cultural affairs are offered, this report indicates a need for continuity of personnel in both the Advisory Commission and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. A proposal is made to establish a…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Cultural Activities