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Languages for Specific Purposes in the United States in a Global Context: Commentary on Grosse and Voght (1991) Revisited
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Lafford, Barbara A. – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This introduction will provide a thematic overview of the major issues raised by Grosse and Voght (1991), "The Evolution of Languages for Specific Purposes in the United States," and the contributions in this Focus Issue that address those issues from a 2011 perspective. It will also explore contemporary (largely praxis-oriented) languages for…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Second Language Learning, Service Learning, Researchers
Educators Across the Globe Collaborate and Exchange Ideas
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Rajdev, Usha – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
The Center for Global Education at Marymount University offered unparalleled academic, experiential, and cultural exposure to 17 Marymount University graduate students and two professors who participated in a service-learning project in Porbandar, India, on January 1-18, 2010. The program focused on teaching PreK-7 grades through an integrated…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Rote Learning
Community Service Learning as Democratic Education in South Africa and the United States.
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Mendel-Reyes, Meta; Weinstein, Jeremy – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
Describes development of the first community service-learning program for democratic education in South Africa, based on the Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) Democracy Education Project at a black high school near Capetown (South Africa). Notes that successful transposition of the model requires recognition of complex historical and cultural…
Descriptors: Black Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Democratic Values