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Umesao, Tadao – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1975
On the premise that the fundamental character of international interchange lies in a cruel and merciless collision of mutually suspicious and distrustful cultures, the historical resistance of the Japanese to cultural interchange is examined, the consequences of international trade without interchange noted, and the means of escape outlined. (JT)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Isolation
Brickman, William W. – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1975
The decade witnessed extraordinary growth in the number and scope of international exchange activities despite brief setbacks. Highlights are reviewed: major books in 1965, The International Education Act of 1966, 1967 Conference on Crisis in Education, growth of specific types of exchange programs, activities of other countries, recent events,…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Educational Trends, Exchange Programs, Federal Programs
Hughes, Philip – Int Rev Educ, 1969
One of a series of reports on the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (in Mathematics).
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Thomas, Helga – Int Rev Educ, 1969
One of a series of reports on the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (in Mathematics). Text in German.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Educational Policy
Erdman, Ann – Development Communication Report, 1981
The keynote article in this issue summarizes some of the lessons learned after a decade of using satellites for public service, and after five years of experimentation with information technologies designed for specialized audiences. Community service programs in the Appalachian Mountain and Rocky Mountain regions and in the state of Alaska are…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Information Utilization
Cole, John Y., Ed. – 1981
Improvement of the two-way flow of information between the East-Pacific Region and the United States was the unifying theme of a seminar conducted by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and attended by representatives of 12 east Asian and Pacific countries at which this collection of five papers was presented. The papers address…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Copyrights, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination
Claffey, Joan M.; And Others – 1981
Designed to identify the information and knowledge resource needs of persons working in the area of women in development (WID), this study analyzed inquiries directed to the Non-Formal Education (NFE) Information Center to determine the nature and frequency of requests and the variables that distinguish kinds of WID interests and resource needs.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Resources, Females
United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Washington, DC. – 1981
The status of the refugees in Africa and the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is charted on a country by country basis in this report. The size of the refugee population and their needs are described along with various assistance efforts directed at improving their situation. Sums of money spent by UNHCR office are…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Needs, Housing Needs
Clark, Richard E. – 1980
Based on the assumption that educational technology transfers are vital to the continuing growth of all nations and that the issues connected with this activity are large and complex, this discussion addresses five major problems associated with international educational exchange: (1) inadequate understanding of the problem to be solved by…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, International Educational Exchange, International Programs, Problems
World Fertility Survey, London (England). – 1979
This report summarizes 1979 activities of the World Fertility Survey (WFS), an international population research program to assist interested countries carry out surveys of human fertility behavior. The document is organized into six major sections. Following an introduction, section two briefly describes participation of countries in Africa,…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Data Processing, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1975
A catalog of the computer-stored data and the SIRE microfiche series relating to the Second Conference of Ministers of Education of European Member States, held in Bucharest in 1973, is presented. Twenty-eight reports on the theme "Higher Education in Europe" are included in the catalog. The broad topics of correspondence courses,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Comparative Education, Conference Reports, Correspondence Study
Asian Regional Inst. for School Building Research, Colombo (Sri Lanka). – 1967
The quarterly review for October and December 1967 of the Asian Regional Institute for School Building Research at Colombo, Ceylon--(1) reviews two main activities of a cost and space utilization study and a report of the workshop of the directors and UNESCO experts on regional educational buildings, (2) describes a method for determining teacher…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Buildings, Educational Facilities, Facility Utilization Research
Brown, Les; And Others – 1977
This paper describes the proceedings of a conference on children and television, "Worldwide Fine Tuning for Children," held on 11 February 1977 by the University of Miami Department of Communications. The purpose of the conference was to survey the world of television as experienced by children and to explore how communications experts,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Children, Childrens Television, Conference Reports
English, J. Morley, Ed.; Collins, W. Leighton, Ed. – 1975
This report comprises papers commissioned for the World Congress on Educating Engineers for World Development, sponsored by the International Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, and held in Colorado in June 1975. The purpose of the Congress was to bring about significant changes in the education of engineers and in the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Planning, Engineering, Engineering Education
Institute of International Education, New York, NY. – 1975
Asian universities are facing problems of maturing institutions. Having built up their resources, they must now find means of sustaining these resources and of matching their capacities more closely to Asian needs. This process is complicated by the status of many Asian universities as hybrid institutions largely based on Western models. As useful…
Descriptors: Administration, Coordination, Developing Nations, Educational Cooperation
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