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Tomas, Zuzana; Farrelly, Rai; Haslam, Mara – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2008
The practical teaching course, also known as the "practicum", is an essential component in graduate TESOL programs in the United States. The rationale behind this course is to allow preservice teachers the opportunity "to acquire the practical skills and knowledge needed to function as effective language teacher[s]".…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Practicums
Neelakantan, Shailaja – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Students from Colgate University's India Study Group visit South India every two years to study music, dance, languages, yoga, and philosophy. The Americans take a few days to adjust to the culture shock, and face a challenging workload through the semester, with an intensive program that immerses them completely in South Indian culture and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Cultural Education, Ethnic Studies
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Snyder, Thomas D.; de Brey, Cristobal; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
The 2015 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 51st in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Aid, Educational Finance
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Firmin, Michael W.; Firmin, Ruth L.; MacKay, Brenda B. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
Universities offering teacher education degrees are finding the world to be significantly smaller than did previous generations. Increasingly, American students are completing their required student teaching in foreign contexts. The present research study used rigorous qualitative methods in order to appraise the affective experiences from a…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teaching Experience, Depression (Psychology), Teacher Education Programs
Parker, Barbara; Dautoff, Diane Altman – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2007
International service-learning (SL) and study abroad (SA) courses are increasingly part of university curricula. A literature review shows these two types of experiential learning share similarities that offer potential synergies for the growing numbers of both types of experiences. This possibility is explored further by analyzing results from a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Study Abroad, Educational Technology, Service Learning
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Wessel, Nancy – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2007
The program that is the topic of this case study was an integration of two forms of experiential education: service learning and study abroad. Participants in the program studied sociology and performed social service in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Curriculum and planning issues of both study abroad and service learning are combined in the design…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Study Abroad, Social Services, Sociology
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Altbach, Philip G.; Knight, Jane – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2007
Globalization and internationalization are related but not the same thing. Globalization is the context of economic and academic trends that are part of the reality of the 21st century. Internationalization includes the policies and practices undertaken by academic systems and institutions--and even individuals--to cope with the global academic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Global Approach, Educational Environment
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Condray, Kathleen – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2007
The benefits of Language for Specific Purposes programs in engineering are well-known, but such programs are impractical for smaller universities and colleges. RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) is a new opportunity for undergraduate students that allows smaller programs to appeal to engineering students and their professors to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Engineering, Work Experience
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Roper, Steven D. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2007
This article explores the European-wide educational reform known as the Bologna Process in order to provide an understanding of the methodology that will be used by European countries to assess course credit hours as well as degree programs. The Bologna Process is culmination of years of educational reform within the European Union (EU) and more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Credits, Educational Change
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Bergsteiner, Harald; Avery, Gayle C. – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
Study tours can help internationalize curricula and prepare students for global workplaces. We examine benefits of tours providing deep-level learning experiences rather than industrial tourism using five main theoretical frameworks to highlight the diverse learning benefits associated with intensive study tours in particular. Relevant theoretical…
Descriptors: Administrators, Study Abroad, Tourism, Travel
Fitzhugh, Nicholas – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2006
Conflict and inequality are growing overseas, and anti-American sentiment is growing with them. A recent survey of 350 returning study abroad students, conducted by the Glimpse Foundation, found that 37 percent felt discriminated against because of their identity as Americans, and 13 percent actually felt threatened because of their nationality.…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Abroad, International Relations, Negative Attitudes
Celik, Servet – ProQuest LLC, 2009
To boost the social and economic outlook of the country, Turkey has recently initiated educational reform at all levels and especially higher education, including organizational restructuring and expansion for increased accessibility. The swift increase in the number and size of universities has resulted in a challenge to find trained faculty. One…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Critical Theory, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Change
Norris, John M., Ed.; Davis, John McE., Ed.; Sinicrope, Castle, Ed.; Watanabe, Yukiko, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2009
This volume reports on innovative, useful evaluation work conducted within U.S. college foreign language programs. An introductory chapter scopes out the territory, reporting key findings from research into the concerns, impetuses, and uses for evaluation that FL educators identify. Seven chapters then highlight examples of evaluations conducted…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Needs, Program Evaluation, Second Language Programs
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Nero, Shondel – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2009
This paper discusses the conception, goals, highlights, and outcomes of a four-week study-abroad seminar in the Dominican Republic (DR) for pre- and in-service teachers of English language learners from the New York metropolitan area. The seminar was designed to have teachers experience first-hand the phases and challenges of second language…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Seminars, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
Lucas, John – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2009
Foreign language professionals have demonstrated the benefits of learning language in an immersion environment and intercultural specialists can attest to the benefits of exposure to different world views in terms of increased tolerance for ambiguity and acceptance of difference. Study abroad can be a tremendously beneficial and positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, College Students, Mental Disorders
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