An in-progress research project evaluating the first phase of two-year bilingual exchange programs is described. The exchange programs being evaluated are a summer exchange between groups of school children from schools in Quebec and Ontario and a school-year exchange between groups of children from schools in the same provinces. The objectives of…

The main thrust of this paper deals with the construction of a Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) designed to implement multicultural curricula into four-year teacher education programs, in order to promote cultural awareness and an unbiased attitude towards learners. The most prominent mechanism of the technique is the opportunity it…

This paper contains an overview of current activities and potential opportunities for two-year colleges in the area of international education. While involvement of two-year colleges in international education is generally limited and fragmented, there are four major areas of activity: foreign language and area studies, technical assistance and…

A report of the second and final year of the Intercultural Social Studies Project for Secondary Schools is presented. The project maintained a culture studies network of 103 teachers and their students from June 1972 to August 1974. Major activities and accomplishments included the design of more than 100 Fieldstaff Perspectives in booklet,…

Appendices to the 1972-1974 report for the Intercultural Social Studies Project for Secondary Schools are presented. They are part of a report describing the major activities and accomplishments of the project which maintained a culture studies network of teachers in which materials designed by project staff were field tested. The appendices…

The Family Center is the direct outgrowth of Nurseries in Cross-Cultural Education (NICE) and is committed to the values of cross-cultural associations. Families approach the education of children 2 to 5 years as an intercultural preschool experience whose influence extends outward to the multi-ethnic neighborhood. Parents are encouraged to…

Efforts of Native organizations, coordinated through the National Indian Brotherhood, resulted early in 1973 in acceptance by the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs of the policy paper, "Indian Control of Indian Education", which legally gives Indian, Metis, and Inuit people control over their own schools. The paper explains the…

The purpose of this document is to help people reach out from their own culture in order to more completely interact with those of other cultures. The chapters discuss: the necessity of realizing one's own cultural influence in order to communicate more effectively with those of other cultures; learning how to cope profitably with new cultural…

This newsletter discusses highlights of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies held in the spring of 1973. Included are "Bringing Culture Alive in the Classroom," a demonstration-workshop on student involvement in the cultures of India, Japan, and China; "China: An Inductive Discussion Lesson"; lists of multi-media…

The objective of this applied research project was to evaluate a formula by which young native Canadians would become teachers through in-service training coupled with academic upgrading. The experiment design paired apprentice and cooperating teachers, provided technical help, planned a schedule of activities for the apprentice, and assessed the…

This collection of four papers is the result of an action caucus held in association with the Speech Communication Association's 1972 convention, focusing on developments in the speech communication field since the 1968 USOE/SAA New Orleans conference (ED 028 164). In the first paper, "New Orleans Revisited but Briefly," James E. Roever summarizes…

A program of Afro-American studies was implemented for a duration of four months to assess the effect of such studies upon the racial attitudes of white American children. The study consisted of 85 children whose ages ranged from six to eight years. Not equated on the basis of sex, intelligence, or achievement, all of the pupils experienced the…

Reproduced in this document are 17 articles for both trainees and trainers during phases of Peace Corps training programs presented in related documents: SO 002 456 and SO 002 457. They are ordered in a sequence that reflects program development. The first article, An Alternative to the University Model, by Harrison and Hopkins, describes…

The 20 articles presented are under three classifications: general philosophy, methodology, and case studies. The articles are: The World House: Building a Qualitative Environment for All the World's Children by Alice Miel; Accepting the Selves of Others: People Around the World by Leonard S. Kenworthy; Universality of Differences by Margaret L.…

This paper outlines a method of teaching international and intercultural communication, which has proved successful at the graduate level at Eastern Illinois University in meeting the following minimal goals: providing a uniform set of definitions concerning crosscultural communication, allowing an in-depth examination of the unique intercultural…