Examines the educational changes that have occurred in China in recent years, the ways schools are run and students are educated, the interaction of students and the working community, and the implications for school systems in the United States. (RK)

Teachers with international experience know more and want to share that knowledge, are aware of and accept differences in peoples and cultures, and often act as cultural mediators. Teachers are encouraged to undertake an international experience. (RM)

These guidelines are designed to help teachers, school administrators, parents, and students investigate and select foreign excursion programs. The guidelines consist of a series of statements concerning the organization and operation of travel or study programs. (RM)

This feature consists of instructional materials to be used for vocabulary development and language use in French instruction. Specific areas covered include advertising, travel, and journalism. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Unit and student objectives are described for a teaching unit which familiarizes elementary students with career opportunities in the travel industry while introducing geographical concepts and skills. The goal is to present knowledge that students can apply when traveling with family and friends. (Author/AV)

Travel can incorporate issues of adult education; in fact, andragogy can provide the impetus for education in a new school of travel. Knowles' andragogical model (1984) is comprised of these five tenets: the learner is self-directing and in charge; the learner's background and individual experiences are taken into consideration; a readiness and…

This 16-year-old top level leader grant program offers selected mature men from 40 countries a view of professional, political and social facets of American life through unrestricted travel, seminars, interviews with leaders in government, management, education and industry and visits to private homes. (IR)

This study investigated the association between ownership of ethnic articles by a sample of Norwegian American women and predictive factors such as educational level of husband, social class, generation, travel to Norway, communication with relatives in Norway, and endogamy. (MC)

Among the topics covered in this small-meeting planning primer for trainers are choosing facilities (resorts, hotels, conference centers), pre-meetings for site inspection, negotiating with the facility and getting agreements in writing, selecting food and beverages, and travel and logistics. (MF)

The article reports a retrospective study of the records of 183 blind men and women who had received mobility training. How well and quickly the trainees learned to travel was affected by age, sex, presence of other handicaps, visual acuity, and whether or not they still traveled at intake or had previously received mobility training. (Author)

A cruise ship converted into a college took students to many foreign countries giving them the opportunity to study other cultures, politics, mores, and histories through their own observations and experiences under the guidance of teachers using a planned curriculum. (JD)

Children who live abroad with their parents are exposed to a wide diversity of cultural and educational influences, are internationally oriented, and have high career aspirations; when they return to schools in the United States they are often misunderstood by their peers and not sufficiently challenged academically by their teachers. (JD)

Author finds some surprises in Hungary's secondary school system. (Editor/RK)

Because of a lack of preparation, student visits to France are likely to be unproductive in acquiring competence in spoken French. Non-linguistic factors are important here: the student should build up a circle of acquaintances to learn more quickly the differences between spoken and written French. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)