This article discusses two education abroad programs that afford pre-service teachers with purposeful opportunities to enhance their intercultural competence through immersion in teaching internships in British schools. The programs, in London and Nottingham, provide pre-service teachers with direct experiences that engage them with diverse…

Purpose: This paper aims to explore student learning within a local service-learning initiative that forms part of an Education Studies undergraduate programme at an HEI in the UK with a history of international service-learning programmes. Design/methodology/approach: This paper outlines the context for this form of community engagement in the UK…

Six teachers reflect on the meanings of a ritual of confession, sharing, and forgiveness during a school retreat. During a night of great honesty and integrity, students spoke to each other of their lives, their choices, their regrets, their wishes, and, above all, their love. During that evening, four students came out to their classmates and…

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…

The United States is becoming increasingly diverse with the largest growth in Hispanic populations. Diversity also is increasing in rural America. This diversity is reflected in the participants in early care and education programs and K-12 students. Unfortunately, demographics for college and university teacher education programs do not match…

The benefits of family involvement in the education of children with disabilities are well documented. Few teacher education programs, however, implement specific strategies for encouraging interactions between families and those preparing to be teachers. The University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the local membership of a professional…

Learning in Motion (LIM) was a European project involving seven partners in five countries: Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Germany and Greece. The project focused on inclusion and access to outdoor education and was financed by the European Commission within the framework of the Socrates-Grundtvig Programme. The aim of the project was to explore if and…

This article describes a group approach to helping the nonassertive client. After describing the group composition and goals, he presents a session by session description for conducting the assertive training group. In addition, he presents suggestions based on experiences in leading the group. (Author)

This report presents a master's degree program for the teaching of underprivileged children. It offers a program consisting of preservice involvement with the disadvantaged, informal seminars, teaching and camp counseling, fellowship to acquaint the faculty with the poor, sensitivity groups to enhance teacher effectiveness, and an evaluation…

Considers conditions in African cultures, particularly Nigeria, and examines the role of human relations training as a force in cultural change and modernization. Describes the training program at the Institute of Training and Organizational Development of the University of Pittsburgh. (JAC)

The Cultural Immersion Projects at Indiana University offer teacher education majors the opportunity to be placed in culturally-diverse settings, where full-time student teaching, required community participation, ongoing reflection, and academic reporting combine to provide experiences that go well beyond the common foci of conventional student…

When counselor educators carefully design a group-counseling course that focuses on personal growth, an increase in self awareness on the part of counselors-in-training can occur, in addition to the acquisition of new counseling skills. This article describes such a course. (Author/HMV)

The Personal Growth Encountertapes are a program of interpersonal exercises for groups of eight to 10 persons. Instructions are presented on a set of audio-tape recordings, one for each of the 10 sessions. (Author)

Describes a group process designed to bring into consciousness negative attitudes about race. Groups, directed by trained professionals, have been a catalyst in reducing racial tensions. (DM)

Presents a rationale for counseling couples in groups and illustrates how people can be taught to pair up with counselors in order to help their spouses rather than hurt them. Specific steps in forming and facilitating the group are presented. (BEF)