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Elkins, Becki; Morris, Kenneth, Jr.; Schimek, Gwendolyn – New Directions for Student Services, 2013
This chapter discusses assessment and evaluation of multicultural initiatives by exploring two efforts implemented at a small, liberal arts college.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, College Programs
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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
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
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Toohey, Jack V.; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1981
Describes a Spanish language drug and substance abuse education program including development of a student activity book and instructor's manual and a usability evaluation. Traditional value gaming strategies were used. A pilot study in Mexico showed Spanish speaking agencies could use the program conducted by their own staff. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Education, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Kelleher, Royston R.; Williams, Len E. – Education Canada, 1986
Describes a program in operation since 1972 which enables university students from Newfoundland to do student teaching in England. Reports results of a survey that asked the program's first participants to evaluate, in retrospect, the strengths and weaknesses of that cross-cultural teaching experience. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs
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
KOMOSKI, P. KENNETH; GREEN, EDWARD J. – 1964
DURING THE SUMMER OF 1963 NINETEEN PERSONS IN RAMALLAH, JORDAN AND THIRTY-SEVEN PERSONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA TOOK A SIX WEEK TRAINING WORKSHOP COURSE IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. THE COURSE CONSISTED OF LECTURES, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, READING ASSIGNMENTS, INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES, PROGRAM WRITING, EDITING, AND STUDENT TRIALS. THE TRAINEES MADE COMMENDABLE…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Programs
VAN TESLAAR, A.P. – 1967
THE EUROPEAN COORDINATOR AND RESIDENT CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG BRANCH OF THE SUMMER 1966 LANGUAGE INSTITUTE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY PREPARED THIS EVALUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL VENTURE. DESIGNED TO ANALYZE THE INNOVATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE 1966 INSTITUTE WITH THE IDEA OF STRENGTHENING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS, THE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Education, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Mikkelson, Gerald E. – 1975
The CIEE Semester Advanced Russian Language Program for Americans at Leningrad State University is a 16-week program for thirty out-standing students with a minimum of three years' background in Russian. This report is addressed to American Slavicists and to younger American students of Russian, and describes the purpose, history, and present…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, Institutional Cooperation
Pang, Dawn B. – 1981
This paper focuses on the structure, process, and accomplishments during the first two years of the Developing Interculturally Skilled Counselors (DISC) project, which trains and supervises eight pre-doctoral trainees for one-year appointments in the areas of intercultural awareness, knowledge, and skill. Objectives of the project are listed and…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Course Descriptions, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Hoopes, David S., Ed. – 1975
This book is a volume of readings on the theory and practice of the intercultural communication workshop (ICW). The ICW is defined as a short-term program (two and a half days) enabling people from different cultural backgrounds to explore together the nature of culture and communication. It was developed to improve communication among foreign and…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Interrelationships
Pang, Laura J. – 1989
The primary objective of this 3-year project was to introduce a new curriculum of international study into an engineering and applied sciences, single-purpose university with the curriculum focus on the social sciences and languages. The basic problem addressed by the project was that the engineering profession is exceptionally international in…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors
Espinosa, J. Manuel – 1976
Focusing upon the role of the United States government in furthering educational and cultural relations with other nations, the book presents a history of cooperative exchange between the United States and Latin America from 1936-48. The report, based upon primary source material in the form of communications between the Department of State and…
Descriptors: American History, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact
Fairbank, Wilma – 1976
The monograph, presenting a history of cultural exchanges between the United States and China from 1942-49, focuses upon the effect of Department of State cultural programs on international cooperation and understanding. Based upon primary source material in the form of reports and daily correspondence between Washington and the American Embassy…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences