Twenty-five special educators from Kuwait who had participated in a six-week special education enrichment program in the United States were surveyed. A description of the program is combined with discussion of participants' sociocultural background and a report on their impressions and reactions. Lessons learned regarding international training…

Describes a three-week exchange program where William H. Turner Technical Arts High School (Miami, Florida) students participated in the U.S./Russian student exchange program. Focuses on the students' stereotypes before the trip and their interview comments following the trip about the hardships in Russia. (CMK)

Explains how keeping a work journal can be useful in exploring one's thoughts and feelings about work challenges and work decisions by facilitating self-renewal, change, and job satisfaction. Includes an example that discusses issues of interest to middle career librarians including the challenge of technology, further education, professional…

Four teachers from Norway, Italy, and Hungary have found ways to actively prepare their students for overseas exchanges, using student correspondence, discussion of current events, exercises in formulating questions, and student language skill development projects to elevate the visit above superficial tourism. (MSE)

Profiles the Texas School Teacher Exchange Program (STEP) and presents research results evaluating its effectiveness. Respondents rated statements about the program on a Likert scale. Results showed conclusively that the program is valued highly by the participants with few reservations. (MJP)

Presents viewpoints of four library professionals on the role of American libraries in the development of third world libraries. Topics discussed include the role of libraries in democracies; financial and human resource needs; the role of library associations; and staff exchange programs, including the American Library Association's Library…

Discusses the European Community's languages program, LINGUA. Describes hopes of dismantling foreign language barriers and facilitating the free movement of persons and ideas and the growth of firms and trade. Notes that the program includes continuing education of language teachers, student exchange, innovation in teaching methods, and…

Describes personal experiences of two American teachers who were evacuated from Beijing Foreign Studies University three days after the massacre of students and workers in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese system of education is described, library education is briefly discussed, and student attitudes and interests are examined. (LRW)

Offers guidance on the development of international faculty exchange programs at community colleges, examining prerequisites to exchanges; type of exchange agreements; recruiting, screening, and selecting participants; visas and health insurance; predeparture and return briefings; communicating with incoming exchange faculty; postexchange…

Describes a teaching-exchange visit between the United Kingdom and the United States that reveals the dangers of making too many cultural assumptions. Differences can be traced to long-term cultural divergence and different technologies. (DDR)

Highlights one elementary school's experiences with foreign languages. The school joined a student exchange program with Italy, introducing Italian lessons into some classes. Spanish classes were soon added. Italian and American students communicated as pen pals and visited each other's countries. This successful foreign-language program has…

Describes a Johns Hopkins University program based in Nanjing, China, which gives Chinese and American students a close look at each other and the ideas that shape or divide their two worlds. The program, which is challenged by deep divisions between the countries, brings about 100 Chinese and foreign (mostly American) college graduates to live…

Describes the author's experiences in England as a support staff educational exchange participant. Offers suggestions for classified college staff interested in exchange programs, and presents exchange programs information and funding resources. (NB)

Reports on a classroom-based project exploring the learning experiences of 30 Japanese English-as-Second-Language (ESL) exchange students in an environment highlighting learner autonomy and the use of technology. Describes a model that was implemented in three multimedia lab classes of two content-based language courses in a sheltered immersion…

This paper focuses on the European policy initiative to increase the number of teachers able to teach a modern foreign language in primary schools. It particularly focuses on the exchange placement which is an integral part of a training programme run by a university faculty of education in England and an Institut de Formation des Maitres in…