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Feast, Vicki; Collyer-Braham, Sarah; Bretag, Tracey – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2011
This paper reports on the development and preliminary evaluation of "Global Experience", an innovative programme at the University of South Australia designed to broaden students' intercultural engagement through a range of international experiential activities. The paper provides the rationale for the establishment of the programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Global Education, Program Evaluation
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Miller, A. T.; Fernandez, Edith – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
When the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU) at the University of Michigan, was in it's infancy, faculty and administration were looking to create a comprehensive program that would have a profound impact on the way students learned at the university and on the way faculty approached their students and taught. This was in…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Undergraduate Students, Cross Cultural Training, Intercultural Programs
Oswald, James M. – 1974
Appendices to the 1972-1974 report for the Intercultural Social Studies Project for Secondary Schools are presented. They are part of a report describing the major activities and accomplishments of the project which maintained a culture studies network of teachers in which materials designed by project staff were field tested. The appendices…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Group Membership
Maynard, Marianne – 1982
This paper addresses the development of three graduate courses which integrate international and global aspects in the course content. The University Center for International Rehabilitation at Michigan State University is described along with its goals and objectives. The purpose and content of the three courses are summarized, including: (1) the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Foreign Students
Harkness, Albert, Jr. – 1977
The paper questions whether educational and cultural activities sponsored by the United States government should be aimed at foreign policy objectives or should be treated as ends in themselves. Arguments are presented by political leaders, educators, and government officials in favor of and against cultural exchange as a form of foreign policy…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness