An American community college instructor describes his experience teaching at Seneca College, a two-year institution in suburban Toronto, Canada. Administrative structures, teaching methods, and environments are described and compared. (NHM)

Funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the project's reading specialists take over a teacher's classroom in order that the teacher may visit a demonstration center where good teaching practices are demonstrated in classroom situations. (NQ)

Author reports on her experiences as an exchange teacher in Bristol, England in 1968-69. (IR)

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF THE YEAR'S WORK OF A FRENCH CURRICULUM SPECIALIST, ASSIGNED UNDER THE FULBRIGHT-HAYES ACT PROGRAM TO WORK IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE. THE REPORT BRIEFLY DESCRIBES HIS ACTIVITIES AT THE COLLEGE AS CONSULTANT IN THE FLES PROGRAM OF THE LABORATORY SCHOOL, AS…

Describes three psychology professors' changes in attitude and teaching methods resulting from an international exchange experience in Great Britain. Each experienced increased job satisfaction and raised expectations for their students' capabilities. In their classes, they used more small group activities and stressed more writing and critical…

Presents seven chemistry experiments, courses, and laboratory activities which have been done by some college chemistry teachers as a way of exchanging new ideas. (HM)

Discusses the European Community's languages program, LINGUA. Describes hopes of dismantling foreign language barriers and facilitating the free movement of persons and ideas and the growth of firms and trade. Notes that the program includes continuing education of language teachers, student exchange, innovation in teaching methods, and…

This paper focuses on the European policy initiative to increase the number of teachers able to teach a modern foreign language in primary schools. It particularly focuses on the exchange placement which is an integral part of a training programme run by a university faculty of education in England and an Institut de Formation des Maitres in…

The history of organized international exchange and training programs for educators in Europe and North America is not very long. In the pre-World War II era, those programs were scarce and generally limited in their influence on both host and guest educational communities. In the study of the impact of short-term sojourns on teachers, Wilson…

As part of an annual program the Office of Migrant Child Education, Arizona State Department of Public Instruction, made arrangements to send teachers to the States of Colorado and Washington for a tour of their Migrant Child Education programs. The program objective was to provide an opportunity for State educational agencies to share training…

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION, SPONSORED JOINTLY BY THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION, ISSUED AN OFFICIAL POLICY STATEMENT. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE CONCERNING (1) THE VALUES OF STUDYING A MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE, (2) THE PLACE OF MODERN FOREIGN…

This document consists of a collection of 13 curriculum projects created by U.S. teachers after visiting China during 1985. The included projects cover a variety of topics concerning China: "China Takes to the Streets: How Does Street Life Reflect Life in China?" (R. Andrian and H. Greenberg); "Outline for China Box--Exploring China…