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Ryan, Stephen M. – 1993
A Japanese university course in English as a Second Language is described. The course focuses on developing students' independent learning skills. It consists of a series of learning modules, each focusing on a particular learning resource available to anyone in Japan. The resources recommended for independent acquisition of different language…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Educational Resources, English (Second Language)
Nakamura, Tomoko – 1996
A college-level course in international understanding developed in Japan (Trident College) is described. The course was designed in response to a study of Japanese students' learning strategies, and focused on learning about various national cultures and lifestyles through encounters with guest speakers from a variety of countries. Because it was…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, English (Second Language)
Bean, Eliot D.; Brown, Richard T. – 1973
The purpose of this manual is to provide a course development method that deals with all aspects of intercultural communication, not just the linguistic aspect. The first chapter orients the reader to the approach of the manual. Chapters 2 and 3 provide specific steps that guide the developer through all stages of course development. Chapter 4…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Course Descriptions

Airu, Zhou; Naiheng, Zhang – Biochemical Education, 1987
Describes an undergraduate biochemistry course required to be taken by all students at Beijing Medical University. Provides the outline of the lectures and the specific content areas covered by them. Stresses the need for students to know the biochemical literature and to think scientifically. (TW)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Stevens, Bette L.; Klopp, Susan – 1982
The 1981 summer intensive American culture course at Ohio Dominican College for students from its Japanese sister college is described. Short profiles of the two colleges are given and the general goals of the exchange program and the course are stated. Overviews including reading lists and notes about field trips, are given of the three specific…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange
Liander, Bertil, Ed. – 1967
The International Marketing Federation (IMF), supported by the Marketing Science Institute, has surveyed IMF member countries and a representative scattering of others to determine the current state and future trends in marketing education. This volume presents the findings of the survey of 21 countries--Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business, Business Education, Comparative Analysis
Fodor, John T.; And Others – 1980
This paper on the importance of intercultural communication focuses on the health care needs of people in the United States and other countries and on the communication problems the diverse cultures of these countries present for health care professionals. The paper first discusses the cultural orientations of Mexican immigrants in the United…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Course Descriptions, Cultural Influences

Pinelli, Thomas E.; And Others – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1991
Reports on results from 260 aerospace engineers and scientists in United States, Europe, and Japan regarding their opinions about professional importance of technical communications; generation and utilization of technical communications; and relevant content of an undergraduate course in technical communications. The fields of cryogenics,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education
Gluck, Carol; And Others – 1989
The goal of the East Asian Curriculum Project (EACP) of Columbia University is to support education on Asia at the secondary and elementary levels. The project has developed a variety of curriculum resources and collaborated with state and local educators in designing units about Asia for teachers. Each packet contains brief resource lists along…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization

Iino, Atsushi – Social Education, 1994
Reports on the views of 73 secondary school Japanese students toward the United Nations. Finds that most tend to think of the UN as relevant to conflicts. Describes how the hunger issue was used in an English-as-a-Second-Language class to teach about the United Nations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Cutcliffe, Stephen H., Ed. – Science, Technology & Society, 1991
This document contains issues 83-93 of the curriculum newsletter of Lehigh University's Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program. Each issue contains articles addressing issues relative to STS, course syllabi, reader responses, and announcements. Issue No. 83 discusses establishing an interdisciplinary minor in technology studies at…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Martin, Roberta, Ed.; Tsunoda, Elizabeth P., Ed. – 1989
The East Asian Curriculum Project (EACP) of Columbia University is a national project whose goal is to support education on Asia at the secondary and elementary levels. The project has developed a variety of curriculum resources and collaborated with state and local educators in designing units about Asia for teachers. Each packet contains brief…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Class Activities, Course Content
Okami, Kazuhiko – 2001
In Japan, objectives and content of high school language courses are stipulated in the National Curriculum of Japan or The Course of Study. The last major overhaul of this curriculum in language learning occurred in 1989, and it aimed at the enhancement of communicative competence and understanding of international relations. Accordingly, now…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries

Smith, Randall E.; Manley, Sara A. – Social Studies, 1994
Contends that students traditionally have characterized social studies as difficult, uninteresting, and largely irrelevant to their present and future lives. Describes the development and use of social studies learning activity packets. Illustrates how the activity packets are consistent with current trends. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational History

Kimball, Jack – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1998
Describes an approach to needs and syllabus design that is illustrated by way of pedagogic elements comprising the learning environment of second-year Japanese college students, doctors in training, who read, discuss, and write in response to medical case studies accessed and mediated through the Internet. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction