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Thomas-Ruzic, Maria; Prudencio, Fatima Encinas – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This paper focuses on an ongoing international collaboration between two large public universities, one in the US and one in Mexico, through projects in program development, faculty exchange, graduate student/teacher field experiences, student mentoring and joint research in the area of a foreign/second language teaching and teacher development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Teachers
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Daly, Amanda – Journal of Research in International Education, 2011
Outbound mobility programs such as exchange programs are one of the many strategies implemented at universities to develop graduates' intercultural skills and international knowledge. Few Australian students participate in exchange programs. This article presents a literature review and proposes a model of the contextual and individual factors…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Student Exchange Programs, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies
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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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DeLong, Marilyn; Geum, KeySook; Gage, Kelly; McKinney, Ellen; Medvedev, Katalin; Park, Juyeon – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2011
A fundamental and contemporary issue in higher education is how to encourage global awareness, professional development, and accountability within constraints of curriculum and scarce resources. This is an evaluation of student experiences with a 1 1/2-year cross-cultural partnership that included a team project, public presentations,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Influences
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Daly, Amanda; Barker, Michelle – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
International student exchange programmes are acknowledged as one aspect of a broader suite of internationalisation strategies aimed at enhancing students' intercultural understanding and competence. The decision to participate in an exchange programme is dependent on both individual and contextual factors such as student exchange policies and…
Descriptors: International Education, Student Participation, International Educational Exchange, Student Exchange Programs
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Stadler, Holly A. – Counseling Psychologist, 1995
Describes participation in a faculty exchange program between universities in the United States and South Africa. Provides the academic context of these experiences while discussing collectivism and courage. Argues that such exchange programs increase self-awareness and heighten psychologists' perspective taking, empathy, perceptual flexibility,…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counselor Educators, Counselors, Cultural Awareness
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Hanna, Gila; Smith, Anthony H. – 1979
An in-progress research project evaluating the first phase of two-year bilingual exchange programs is described. The exchange programs being evaluated are a summer exchange between groups of school children from schools in Quebec and Ontario and a school-year exchange between groups of children from schools in the same provinces. The objectives of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Bachner, David J.; Zeutschel, Ulrich – 1994
This study examined the long-term effects of youth exchange, specifically the degree to which former participants actually utilized results of the exchange after their return to their home country. The research focused on Germans and Americans who, as teenagers, experienced home stays in the other country between 1951 and 1987. Respondents were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs
Sikkema, Mildred; Niyekawa, Agnes – 1987
The essence of cross-cultural learning and how it can be effectively incorporated into an academic program are explored. A design for cross-cultural learning is proposed that can be applied anywhere in the educational process from high school through professional training. It is based on the experiences of the authors in experimental programs in…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences