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Burns, E. Bradford – 1983
An introductory course on Latin America is probably the only course most college students will take on that region. It provides the best opportunity for influencing the educated public about the area. There is an urgent need to increase understanding of Latin America because so much of the American public, including public officials, are so…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Fiction
Peer reviewedClassen, Constance – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1999
Contends that Westerners are accustomed to learning about the world through our senses of sight and hearing, and that "lower" senses--smell, taste, and touch--tend to be associated with "savagery" or sensualism. Provides a cross-cultural look at the Colombian Desana people who acquire knowledge through full-bodied experience…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedEdwards, Jane – Liberal Education, 1987
The need for a more pragmatic approach to international studies is proposed, and six U.S. programs of cross-cultural or international studies are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Download full textWirth, John D. – 1984
The Latin America Project, which developed print and nonprint materials for use in grades 6-12, is described. The two-year effort was conducted in five phases: survey of existing materials; the development of curriculum units; review of curriculum by teachers attending summer institutes; field testing and evaluation; and dissemination. Titles of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art, Art Education, Cartoons
Needler, Martin C.; Walker, Thomas W. – 1971
Reported is a study to provide quidelines to member institutions of the consortium as to the composition of viable Latin American studies programs at different levels of institutional size and aspiration. Surveyed are 212 institutions that were members of the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs. Surveyed are: (1) characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Degrees (Academic), Directories
Dorfman, Ariel – Grassroots Development: Journal of the Inter-American Foundation, 1988
Reviews colonialist and authoritarian mistreatment of Argentina's aboriginal Mataco Indians. Describes founding and economic development of El Sauzalito, a Mataco village, and Indians' change from hunter-gatherers to sedentary community. Describes role of multicultural education in Indians' transition from dependency toward local autonomy.…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, Authoritarianism, Colonialism
Sommers, Meredith; And Others – 1993
This educational packet is produced as a tribute to Guatemalan activist and Nobel Peace prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, and in honor of the Year of Indigenous People, 1993, as declared by the United Nations. The core of the packet is a simulation exercise based on an indigenous family in a Guatemalan village on the day the Peace prize was…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Liberties, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
