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Monaghan, Christine E.; Hartmann, Gennifre – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2014
This autoethnographic case study examines the ways in which high school students and teachers' behaviors, values, and attitudes were transformed during their participation on a semester-long study abroad program in Central America. The study found that an integrative pedagogical approach in which place-based content was paired with place-based…
Descriptors: High School Students, Study Abroad, Ethnography, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Lozano-Garcia, Francisco J.; Huisingh, Donald; Delgado-Fabian, Monica – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show the activities that have been implemented in Monterrey Campus of Tecnologico de Monterrey to infuse sustainable development (SD) into the academic components, as well as to document similar SD activities that are being implemented in other campuses within the Tecnologico de Monterrey system. Another…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Team Teaching, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Florman, Jean C.; Just, Craig; Naka, Tomomi; Peterson, Jim; Seaba, Hazel H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
In this article, the authors describe how an existing partnership between two communities, one in eastern Iowa and one in Mexico, was turned into a cross-disciplinary and international service learning course for students in the University of Iowa Colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The projects that students worked…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Community Development
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Willhauck, Susan – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2009
A challenging intercultural teaching experience provided an opportunity for engaging embodied pedagogies that facilitated border crossings of language, age, gender, and experience. Influenced by the work of Augusto Boal, the author describes how improvisation, role-play, music, and drawing led seminary students in Mexico into sacred time and space…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Intercultural Programs
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Stoddard, Ellwyn R. – Social Science Journal, 1975
A brief discussion of the development of a symposium assessing the interdisciplinary status of Borderland studies is provided. Also included is a general discussion of the problem involved in defining Borderland studies. This journal is available from Editor, Social Science Journal, Social Science Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Conferences, Cross Cultural Studies, Geographic Regions
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Gutierrez-Vazquez, J. M. – Environmentalist, 1983
Examines problems of science and technology (S/T) education in Mexico, indicating that a proposed project will create a pilot, experimental center designed to systematically improve the teaching of S/T at all educational levels. Discusses project objectives, financial aspects, and role of environmental education. (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Katz, F. M., Ed.; Fulop, T., Ed. – 1980
A compilation of case studies of training programs for health personnel consists of nonevaluative descriptions of innovative efforts. Contents include: The University of New Castle, New South Wales, Australia: Developing a New Medical School (D. Maddison); Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia: Dental Manpower Training (R. Guerrero, C. Tasama);…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development