At the University of Minnesota role playing and simulation exercises were used in a new orientation program for foreign students. The goal was to help the foreign student define the roles he feels are important and to learn whether his solutions to problems are appropriate to his new culture. (Author)

A discussion of the kinds of research and development activity that must occur if communication between cultures is to become a reality. (Author/HB)

This monograph consists of numerous short articles that discuss the system of international education in the Netherlands, its development and history over the past 25 years, and the experience of third-world students who have participated in the program. Section 1 presents general information on the Dutch international education system and how it…

This report summarizes an education workshop held in Anchorage, Alaska, in January 1969 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The immediate objectives were to encourage group discussion, share and evaluate ideas and learning experiences, and make preliminary plans for an educational program which would provide for the development and practice of…

SCHOLARS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA MET TO DISCUSS INTELLECTUAL COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS (N 76) PLACED EMPHASIS ON THE UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNIVERSALIZATION OF DISCIPLINES. MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE--(1) MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON OBJECTIVES, ON THE APPROACH, AND ON THE…

The Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife is described as a hopeful symbol that Americans have matured to an acceptance of their unique cultural pluralism. (Editor/LBH)

Refutes earlier ideas that encouraging bilingualism at a young age retards learning and causes behavioral problems, confusion and anxiety. Considers as sources of learning problems, long overlooked factors such as socioeconomic status, minority affiliation, and society's attitude toward the language of instruction or the dominant language.…

Views the arts as sharing basic concepts central to aesthetic experience. Encourages aesthetic education in order to humanize character. (DS)

Provides names, addresses, and phone numbers for 14 State coordinators for bilingual education. (DN)

Implementation of a new project is outlined and the rationale leading to its development is described. (JB)

Article surveys the ways British universities provide an education of the thought and culture of other European countries. (HS)

A New York television writer became a cultural consultant to Colby Community College (Kansas) for a month in a highly successful exchange program. (RN)

Describes the use of experientially based instruction in intercultural communication in a Semester at Sea (SAS) program. Students discuss the theory behind culture shock and individual development in groups and experience the formula at work. (JMF)