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Download full textBaron, Mark A. – 1990
The main reason for the establishment of American-Sponsored Overseas Schools (ASOS) was to offer the dependents of Americans living abroad educational opportunities similar to what was available at home. ASOS have several general characteristics, including being privately controlled, nonprofit, nonsectarian, and American or binational in…
Descriptors: Dependents Schools, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationSiri, Carmen – 1986
This manual has been designed to guide courses on potato production sponsored by the International Potato Center (CIP) in Lima (Peru). It describes the CIP Course Evaluation System that is presently used and provides guidelines on how to use feedback more effectively for improving training. CIP evaluations are largely formative. The CIP focuses on…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1975
In early 1976, the National Development Service of Nepal and UNICEF conducted a study designed to determine whether it would be possible to communicate ideas and information to Nepalese villagers who cannot read by using pictures only, the kinds of pictures that are most meaningful for villagers, and whether different colors have special meanings…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Developing Nations, Illustrations, Instructional Materials
Kelleher, Royston R.; Williams, Len E. – Education Canada, 1986
Describes a program in operation since 1972 which enables university students from Newfoundland to do student teaching in England. Reports results of a survey that asked the program's first participants to evaluate, in retrospect, the strengths and weaknesses of that cross-cultural teaching experience. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs
Peer reviewedvan Dijk, Hans; Meijer, Kees – Higher Education Management, 1997
Based on results of a Dutch study concerning internationalization of higher education, a model for analyzing the internal institutional process of decision making for, organization of, and implementation of international activities is described. The model positions institutions according to three dimensions: policy (importance attached to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, Decision Making
Hubchen, Jonathan – 1987
Steps to alleviate the problems in achieving successful technical and cross-cultural training for United States Peace Corps volunteers are discussed. Historically, training was conducted at American universities or centers in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, or the Virgin Islands, but by the mid-1970s, in response to criticism that this provided inadequate…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Developing Nations, Employment Experience, Experiential Learning
Gor, Christopher O.; And Others – 1987
The ongoing flow of monetary assistance and technological transfer from developed to developing countries is examined and its success gauged. Two examples are cited: "The Mumias Sugar Company--A Success Story in Kenya," and, "The Sao Francisco River Power Development in Brazil--A Disaster along the River." The paper also…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Appropriate Technology, Delivery Systems, Developed Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1984
Third in a series, this seminar was organized to study the various uses of computer science in education and to analyze the main trends in that field, as well as to discuss problems encountered by the national education systems of 10 countries in the implementation of computer education. This report from that seminar is divided into five major…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
