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Sack, William; Maggin, Sherry; Miller, Zachary F. – Hispania, 2021
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, undergraduate institution that educates and trains its students (cadets) to become future leaders in the US Army officer corps. The Department of Foreign Languages (DFL) at West Point plays an integral role in developing cadets' cultural and linguistic competencies in preparation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Military Training, Universities, Languages for Special Purposes
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Pérez-Nieto, Nazaret; Llop Naya, Ares – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper shows how Task-Based Learning (TBL) is used to equip second-year Spanish students at Cardiff University for their placements during their year abroad. We present a set of task-based projects embedded within the curriculum to enhance both (1) the competences students have to acquire throughout their degree, and (2) the skills to overcome…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Universities, Study Abroad, Spanish
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Lohiser, Amanda – Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 2017
A unique pedagogical challenge is presented in the form of a concentrated 400-level introductory public relations course that meets for a total of 15 lessons of 2.5 hours each. The instructor details the benefits of active learning in the classroom, as well as how the use of team projects helps bring real-world examples and hands-on experience of…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Public Relations, Communications, Personal Autonomy
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Fryling, Meg; Rivituso, Jack – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
In Fall of 2014, as a result of a Chinese faculty visit to an upstate New York college to observe American pedagogical techniques in teaching information systems, two US faculty members were invited to teach two separate courses at a vocational college in southeast China. The courses to be taught in China were selected by the Chinese faculty and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Information Systems, Vocational Education
Spielman, Jim D. B. – Training and Development Journal, 1981
Proposes a conceptual framework for considering the development of human resources in an overseas context. This approach is termed "transfer of technology." Its objective is to encourage companies operating overseas which are responsible for developing client human resources to look at the process from a perspective other than just…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Learning Processes, Overseas Employment, Program Administration
George, Pamela – 1987
This book is an inquiry into university teaching across cultures and includes, in Part 1, a cast study of the nature of the university workplace in Thailand, and in Part 2, common instructional problems and solutions faced by Western professors teaching in the Southeast Asian context. Within Part 1, "The Nature of the University as a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits, Faculty Workload