This article describes characteristics shared by "third culture kids" (TCKs) and gifted children and summarizes lessons to be learned from the two communities. Some of the lessons are from TCKs themselves; the article includes quotes from students the author has taught in recent years. Pedagogical lessons for raising the global awareness…

According to the Chinese Ministry of Education and the China Scholarship Council, the ministry-directed agency that oversees educational exchange, the number of international students at Chinese universities rose dramatically over the past decade, from 39,000 in 1997 to 195,000 in 2007 (although only one-third of them were seeking degrees). While…

The University of Pittsburgh is involved in a two-way exchange program for Afghan and American undergraduates, which is designed specifically to achieve an in-depth understanding between the emerging youth of both countries. (Editor)

The booklet describes and presents recommendations for improving the Fulbright-Hays exchange program. The program comprises an international visitor program and a two-way exchange of research scholars, lecturers, teachers, and graduate students. The major objective of the program is to increase mutual understanding between people of the United…

Financial support for international studies at American campuses has been traditionally provided by external support. A quasi-governmentalization of international education, federal retrenchment, and the need for a commitment of internal resources and leadership are analyzed. Five kinds of international exchanges and how they might affect the…

At present, little or no overt attention is paid to internationalizing the preservice curriculum for prospective science teachers, despite the fact that there is an international character to science teacher education. Scientific vocabulary, as well as the symbolism and the numerical system used for calculations, is international. Preservice…

The German-American Conference on Educational Exchange was held in Germany from June 12-23, 1972. Participants included admissions officers, registrars, foreign student advisors, English and German-as-a-second language specialists, study-abroad advisors, and governmental agency personnel concerned with the problems of international educational…

This program involves an exchange of faculty and students between the university and two English colleges of education--Berkshire in Reading and Coventry. The student exchange, one semester in length, is limited to juniors who are pursuing a professional teacher education curriculum; their English counterparts, also in teacher education, are…

Though targeted for governmental reform since 2002, services envisioned for gifted and talented students have not materialized in Japan. From the perspective of his personal experience as a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund participant in 2005 and an extensive review of available literature and contacts with the Japanese Ministry of Education,…

The ALTC Exchange (formerly the Carrick Exchange), is a national repository and networking service for Australian higher education. The Exchange was designed to provide access to a repository of shared learning and teaching resources, work spaces for team members engaged in collaborative projects, and communication and networking services. The…

The first half of a workshop in history education with participants from the United Kingdom and from the United States, which took place at Cal Tech in August, 1973, is described in this article which includes a preview of the second half to be held in England in 1974. (JH)

The first institution-to-institution undergraduate academic exchange between a Soviet institution--Moscow's State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages-M. Thorez--and an American university is reported. The four-month exchange program began in 1974 and has expanded each year since. (LBH)

This survey provides information on teacher exchange programs, and positions as teacher or teaching assistant in English in public and private schools in Germany. (CHK)