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International Understanding at School, 1973
India's Unesco Associated Schools Program is presented as an instructive model for other countries. Its history from 1954 is developed in terms of organization; programs such as seminars, workshops, and camps; materials produced and dissiminated; progress in involving all levels of education; and problems, results and plans for intensification and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Intercultural Programs
Kalfus, Richard – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1977
Describes a federally funded project at Meramec College to infuse international perspectives into general education; designed to develop in an individual an awareness of the impact of culture on attitude formation and behavioral patterns. The program consisted of new courses, generally interdisciplinary, and a weekly cross-culturally oriented…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Community Colleges, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education
Abramowitz, Norman – 1970
This paper describes the work of the Center for International Programs and Comparative Studies in elementary and secondary education. The Center is charged with the responsibility for strengthening opportunities and resources for the study of "non-Western" culture in the schools, colleges, and universities of New York state, and with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Centers
Travers, Claudia S.; Reilly, Joseph T. M. – 1979
A foreign travel program for eighth grade French language students from Shoreham, New York was developed to provide language speaking practice in Quebec, Canada. The program was designed to allow students to spend as much time as possible speaking the language and interacting with the people. The following "survival through speaking"…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Field Trips
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1968
Designed as an aid for interagency government personnel, private organizations, and the interested public, this revised guide summarizes the 1967-68 fiscal year activities of Federal government agencies involved in international educational and cultural affairs. This 1968 edition contains data-supported descriptive accounts, by agency, of all…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
Nunez-Cronk, Brunilda; Willoughby, Donna – 1993
In response to the increasing diversity of the student population at Golden West Community College, in California, the the Intercultural Center (IC) was established in 1989 to enhance campus-wide awareness of cultural diversity through services to immigrant and international students and the campus community. An Intercultural Task Force was first…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Pulu, Tupou L.; Pope, Mary L. – 1980
Sponsored by the Alaska Department of Education, the Sixth Annual Bilingual-Multicultural Education Conference of 1980 was a major activity of the Department and was designed to provide training assistance to all persons involved in bilingual-bicultural education programs: administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Following the keynote…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education