Reports on a study of American and Russian students' emerging global perspectives. Students (n=300) from both countries participated in three year-long programs of collaborative environmental research and cross-cultural exchange. Concludes that environmental-science education must stress the cognitive and affective outcomes necessary for the…

Examined whether formal intervention would alleviate graduate business administration students' subjective choice strategies when choosing group members. Students in the study represented five racioethnic identity groups. Although intervention showed some effectiveness, the overall response of Caucasian subjects was parochial, suggesting the…

Investigated why and how teacher educators bridged the gap between multicultural and global education to prepare teachers for diversity and equity. Respondents wrote about lived experiences which shaped their world views. Significant differences existed between white and nonwhite teachers' experiences. Several interrelated qualities in teachers'…

Describes EINS (European Information Network Services), a cooperative federation of information service providers with the objective of enlarging the information market, volume, and quality by offering scientific and technical information to members' users via the Internet. Highlights include implementation, cooperation, technology, operation, and…

Provides background on civic education in Taiwan and highlights the factors that affect civic education. Summarizes (1) the 1975 and 1983 prescribed civic education-related subjects and (2) the compulsory subjects specified in the 1990s revised curriculum guidelines. Considers the changes and problems in civic education and offers suggestions for…

Argues for including an international perspective within the social studies to enable students to adopt a global world view. Illustrates the international approach by describing a unit on the U.S. Revolutionary War and discusses resources that promote an international perspective. Provides an appendix with an abbreviated unit outline and a…

Discusses the proposed Advanced Placement (AP) world history curriculum. Argues against beginning the course at 1000 CE, stating that it should begin at the Axial Age (approximately 800 to 200 BCE) or earlier. Offers suggestions for constructing the proposed "Foundations" course introduction around six one-week units. (CMK)

Addresses the implications of technology for multicultural education by examining the potential for global learning networks to promote intercultural literacy and critical thinking. The authors argue that computer and telecommunications technology has the potential to act as a positive catalyst in both areas through linkages of distant classrooms…

The advent of new technologies is revolutionizing possibilities for distance education. International Multimedia University (Italy), a commercial enterprise, was established as a clearinghouse for electronic delivery of courses taught by experts worldwide to learners worldwide. These courses will strive to educate rather than train, to complement…

Discusses the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in the study of history. Topics include timelines; computer-based historical simulations; databases; accessible multimedia; hypermedia; CD-ROMs; and use of the World Wide Web, both for teaching and learning and for sharing findings from historical investigations with historians…

Draws on Canadian, U.S., and British policy documents and personal experience to examine how countries and their subjurisdictions are learning from each other about the nature of policy change and reform in education. Concludes that "mutual learning" does not necessarily describe such policy movements; analogies to diseases and epidemics…

Presents a lesson on human rights for middle and secondary school students in which they identify human rights, cite examples of human-rights abuses and affirmations, and relate actions to the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Explains that students identify human-rights issues globally and at home. (CMK)

With the acceleration of international communication and political integration, it is becoming increasingly important for student affairs leaders to know about international trends and issues affecting higher education. Author provides an overview of the increasing internationalization of student services in higher education and examines why…

An Australian student affairs leader summarizes issues discussed at recent international conferences. A significant number of commonalities appear in the information. These issues provide a global perspective on some of the problems and challenges facing student affairs. This international perspective has rarely been described in the literature…

Describes a year-long social studies program called "Passport to the Millennium." Students "travel" around the world learning about the history, geography, culture, and economy of different countries. The program is appropriate for students in elementary to secondary grades. Includes a sample lesson plan. (CMK)