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O'Meara, Patrick, Ed.; Mehlinger, Howard D., Ed.; Newman, Roxana Ma, Ed. – 2001
This book is a wide-ranging anthology that surveys the field of international and area studies as it has developed in the United States from its beginnings and accomplishments under Title VI to the current paradigmatic shifts taking place in research, teaching, and outreach. A number of contributors to this volume provide historical overviews of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Hearings on The Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 are presented. Objectives of the act are to help ensure the nation's independent factual knowledge of the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries, to help maintain the national capability for advanced research and training on which that knowledge depends, and to provide…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Communism, Economics, Federal Legislation
Wojtan, Linda S., Ed.; Spence, Donald, Ed. – 1992
This collection of essays presents a rationale for incorporating teaching about Japan in the K-12 curriculum. The volume provides practical examples and guidelines about how to achieve this goal. The essays are organized into three main categories--professional development, curriculum design and enhancement, and exchange. The essays include:…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Gottemoeller, Rose E.; Langer, Paul F. – 1983
A study was undertaken to arrive at a broad overview of the Soviet training utilization of foreign area specialists. To gather data for the study, researchers examined European, United States, and Soviet publications and interviewed Soviet emigres and U.S. specialists on the Soviet Union. According to these data sources, specialized training for…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Career Development, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs
Hoegl, Juergen K. – 1984
There is growing evidence that the need for cultural understanding and foreign language competence in the United States and in Illinois is not being met. This need must be addressed through state educational reform. The deterioration in foreign language capabilities affects national security and is a direct result of declining enrollment in…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Area Studies, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Singer, Martin – 1996
This report reviews development of Sino-Canadian academic relations over the past 25 years. It offers an overview of four periods of Sino-Canadian academic relations (1970-79, 1979-83, 1983-89, and 1989-95), and briefly describes a number of programs in six areas: (1) foreign trade and economic cooperation, (2) foreign affairs and international…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Canadian Studies, Colleges, Cooperative Programs
