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Kline, Cathy C.; Godolphin, William J.; Chhina, Gagun S.; Towle, Angela – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2013
Communication between health care professionals and Aboriginal patients is complicated by cultural differences and the enduring effects of colonization. Health care providers need better training to meet the needs of Aboriginal patients and communities. We describe the development and outcomes of a community-driven service-learning program in…
Descriptors: Safety Education, Cultural Awareness, Health Education, Cultural Differences
Hyman, Kim Houston – Camping Magazine, 1987
Camp Kingsmont, a weight reduction and fitness facility for boys and girls located near West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, traditionally celebrates International Day each July. Campers design costumes, prepare native dances and songs, enjoy an outdoor feast, stage an "International Beautyless Contest," and gather around a bonfire to view a…
Descriptors: Camping, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Winokur, Marshall – 1977
The Slavonic Studies Seminar is held for one month each summer at Kliment Okhridski University in Sofia, Bulgaria. The program consists of three weeks of Bulgarian language instruction and a one-week trip around Bulgaria through interesting medieval towns, monasteries, and coastal resorts. The participants are primarily college teachers,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Bulgarian, Cultural Education, Higher Education
Kan, Katharine L. – ALA Editions, 2006
Summer reading programs are a staple in libraries nationwide and provide a valuable service: keeping teens productive and occupied when they are no longer busy in school. Producing creative programs at the library can be challenging when faced with this easily distracted teen demographic; that's where "Sizzling Summer Reading Programs" steps in.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Cultural Education, Reading Programs, Police
Lee, Tiffany – Winds of Change, 2003
A 7-week summer program for college-bound American Indian students prepares them for college and trains them to become leaders. Through role playing a fictitious Native tribe, students encounter realistic dilemmas similar to those facing tribal governments and realize that tribal leaders' decisions involve many social and political issues…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, American Indian Studies, College Bound Students
Smith, Roch C. – 1986
Between 1982 and 1985, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro held five summer institutes designed to improve French and Spanish foreign language instruction in elementary and secondary schools. The institutes were intended to: (1) revitalize teachers' language capabilities; (2) increase their cultural knowledge; (3) expose them to new…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Wichita State Univ., KS. – 1963
The individual and committee reports on the sociology of Puebla, Mexico, which are collected here, were written by participants in an NDEA Summer Institute program of the University of Wichita, Kansas. The underlying motives of the program, described in the preface, were to provide participants with real language experience and a chance to…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Conversational Language Courses, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Education
Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA. – 1962
This document describes the 1962 Emory University French Institute at Besancon, organized for American high school teachers whose experience in France was limited or not recent. The report covers publicity for the institute and response to publicity; criteria for admission; selection; data concerning participants; curriculum; audiovisual aids; the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, French, Inservice Teacher Education
Rosenbush, Marcia H., Ed. – Iowa FLES Newsletter, 1995
The first ten years (30 issues) of the newsletter for Iowa teachers of foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) contain a variety of articles on both curricular and extracurricular FLES programs and teaching. Topics addressed include: teacher certification; summer language camps; multicultural education and cultural awareness; program…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Cultural Education