Two foreign teachers, one from Columbia, one from Ghana, were made available to a school for a whole year at modest cost under a program, Volunteers to America. They added variety and sparked enthusiasm in several subjects. (NH)

Describes an American teacher's experiences working with students at the Foreign Languages Institute in China. The author found that students were highly motivated to learn about the United States, its language and culture. He found that his efforts to teach about it, however, were impeded by government intervention and cultural differences. (AM)

The history of organized international exchange and training programs for educators in Europe and North America is not very long. In the pre-World War II era, those programs were scarce and generally limited in their influence on both host and guest educational communities. In the study of the impact of short-term sojourns on teachers, Wilson…

A Canadian community college instructor describes his experience teaching at Johnson County Community College (Kansas). Administrative structures, teaching methods, and environments are described and compared. (NHM)

An American community college instructor describes his experience teaching at Seneca College, a two-year institution in suburban Toronto, Canada. Administrative structures, teaching methods, and environments are described and compared. (NHM)

Article described a program that challenged music teachers in areas of endeavor with which they had not been involved for some time. (Author/RK)

Each year, Arizona's Office of Migrant Child Education participates in a Teacher Exchange Program with other states. The Teacher Exchange Program's objectives are (1) to provide an opportunity for state educational agencies to share training techniques, materials, and procedures through practical application and on-site observation and (2) to…

Gives an American exchange teacher's descriptions of British education and experiences while teaching biology there as well as presenting the experiences of the British teacher who had replaced him in America. (LS)

The monotony of unvarying schedules occurs in secondary schools and higher education. This article concerns an effort to modify the classroom situation temporarily through a teacher exchange experiment between a university methods instructor and a high school French teacher. (Author/SW)

Offers personal observations about the increasing importance of international education in an ever more complex and interdependent world. Looks at international trends in industry, farm production, and the world economy. Considers ways in which international education activities, such as faculty exchange, can enhance cultural understanding. (DMM)

Describes a community college English teacher's year spent in China and recommends that anyone interested in a similar experience be prepared to sing, dance, or entertain in some way before an audience, in addition to handling regular teaching duties. (NKA)

Faculty participating in a three-month exchange program at a British teacher education program observed that the programs were generally similar in organization and duration to those in the United States, while differences were seen in students' academic backgrounds, teaching philosophy, program component integration, and emphasis on developmental…