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Dekker, Henk; Oostindie, Marga – 1988
This book presents a report of an evaluative study of an organized study abroad program. The problem addressed in this study is: what is the value of the United States of America/Netherlands Social Studies Student-Teachers Exchange Program 1987 with respect to both product and process? A preliminary literature study about internationalization of…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1989
This report focuses on children and the community. In the community. In the opening address, Dr. Willem H. Welling, Executive Director of the van Leer Foundation, describes the history of the foundation and the content of previous seminars. He concludes the address with a discussion of community empowerment. Father Gerard Pantin, the keynote…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Day Care, Developing Nations
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1986
The report summarizes a meeting of the World Health Organization's Working Group on Systems for Provision of Aids for Disabled Persons. The meeting was convened to discuss technical aids and ergonomic measures to bring greater independence to disabled people and the need to systematize services for the disabled in their own environments. Following…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Community Programs, Delivery Systems
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1982
The report presents recommendations from a 1981 meeting sponsored by Unesco (United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization) on the topic of integration of severely/multiply handicapped persons into general and vocational education. A summary of discussion topics addresses terminology; the concept of integration--its advantages and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, International Programs
Bhola, H. S. – 1986
The Action Training Model (ATM) was developed for the delivery of evaluation training to development workers in Kenya and Botswana and implemented under the aegis of the German Foundation for International Development. Training of evaluators is a challenge in any context, but in the Third World environment, evaluation training offers special…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Evaluators, Foreign Countries
Fifield, Mary L., Ed.; Sakamoto, Clyde M., Ed. – 1987
This collection of essays addresses various aspects of the role of community colleges in international relations and trade. The volume contains: (1) "The Community College: An International Institution," by Wayne O'Sullivan; (2) "Building an International Agenda: An International Education Conference," by Julia Ribley and Clyde…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, International Cooperation, International Educational Exchange
Boyd, Chyrlene M. – 1986
This two-part report describes Florida Community College at Jacksonville's (FCCJ's) Institutional Opportunities Plan for International Development, part of a new programmatic thrust encompassing job-specific training, economic development support, cultural exchange, and focus on world issues. The following topics are covered in both parts of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, International Education, International Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. – 1985
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) functions within the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) to promote scientific investigation into the nature and resources of the world's oceans. Summarized in this report are discussions that took place during the thirteenth session of the IOC Assembly.…
Descriptors: Environmental Research, Global Approach, International Organizations, International Programs
Mandl, P. E., Ed. – Assignment Children, 1985
The present volume endeavors to highlight the deeper significance and broader implications for development theory, policy and practice of the realization of the movement toward universal child immunization by 1990 (UCI-1990). Simultaneously, the volume collects and analyzes the most significant findings and experiences of the movement since 1984.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Communicable Diseases, Communication Skills
Zikopoulos, Marianthi, Ed. – 1988
Statistics are provided on U.S. students overseas, with data coming from the Study Abroad Survey, a survey of 2,896 accredited U.S. institutions of higher education with 1,898 responding for a 65% response rate. Details are provided on the characteristics and destinations of the 48,483 students abroad. Reasons for the increase in study abroad…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Foreign Students, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange
Goodwin, Craufurd D.; Nacht, Michael – 1988
An Institute of International Education-commissioned study of the reasons for the rapid growth of U.S. college student study abroad in the 1980s features case studies of effective programs and suggests ideas for planning and evaluation of study abroad by U.S. colleges and universities. Focus is on the integration of international study into…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1987
Developments in EUDISED (European Documentation and Information System for Education) during the period 1986-1987 in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland are outlined in this report, and information is provided on both online use of the EUDISED database and the distribution by country of contributions to the database.…
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Developed Nations, Documentation
Johanson, Richard K., Ed. – World Bank Education News, 1987
Unprecedented population growth and mounting fiscal austerity in Africa is causing a decline in the significant increases in educational progress, especially as measured by the median literacy rate, which were made between 1962 and 1985. Planning and implementation of educational programs carefully designed to effect economic growth is one path…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Finance
Hauff, Edvard – 1988
This paper describes past and present European efforts to address the mental health needs of refugees. It begins with a brief historical survey of mental health services for refugees after the Second World War and delineates the policy recommendations from the 1948 International Congress on Mental Health. The next section describes current…
Descriptors: Conferences, European History, Foreign Countries, International Programs
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi (Kenya). – 1988
This document is the result of discussion, additions, amendments, and approval of a working document submitted for this purpose to the Unesco-UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) International Congress on Environmental Education and Training (Moscow, USSR, August 1987). Part 1 seeks to highlight certain needs and priorities in respect to…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Higher Education
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