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The Impact of Studying Abroad on Students' Intercultural Competence: An Interview Study
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Sobkowiak, Pawel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This paper presents qualitative research examining to what extent sojourns abroad engage their participants in intercultural interactions and whether or not such experience translates into students' intercultural growth. The results of the study demonstrated that studying abroad did not provide students with ample opportunities to immerse into the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Student Development
International E-Benchmarking: Flexible Peer Development of Authentic Learning Principles in Higher Education
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Leppisaari, Irja; Vainio, Leena; Herrington, Jan; Im, Yeonwook – Educational Media International, 2011
More and more, social technologies and virtual work methods are facilitating new ways of crossing boundaries in professional development and international collaborations. This paper examines the peer development of higher education teachers through the experiences of the IVBM project (International Virtual Benchmarking, 2009-2010). The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Benchmarking
Creativity of the School: The Present Position in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States (State of New Jersey). Technical Report No. 1.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1974
A collection of eight papers from seven foreign countries and the United States, this technical report of the "Creativity of the School" workshop held in Portugal in 1972 presents statements of existing positions on educational innovation in eight countries. Among the topics discussed are reform in French-speaking Belgian schools,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Accelerated Vocational Training for Adults, a Comparative Study: Objectives, Organization, Syllabuses and Methods, Future Prospects.
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Martin, Victor – 1965
The program of Accelerated Vocational Training (AVT) for adults in France, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and Belgium, originally developed mainly in the basic manual crafts of building and metalwork, is now covering more occupations and is intended to develop trade skills to a level of qualification comparable, if not equivalent, to that which…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries