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Harter, Stephane – Francais dans le Monde, 1996
Focuses on the accomplishments of Iris Schaedler, a blind coed from Liechtenstein who became exposed to the European cultural melting pot at the age of six. After receiving her bachelor's degree, she earned a diploma from a business school near Zurich, the first blind person from her country to receive such a degree. (CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Blindness, Braille
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Cruz, Juan Jose – History Teacher, 2002
In this article, the author shares his experience and the challenges he faced in teaching an inclusive American history to Canary Islands students. The author teaches two undergraduate courses related to the U.S., plus a graduate course in American culture and political liberalism. Presently, eleven credits (two semester courses) serve as the…
Descriptors: United States History, Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Educational Environment
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Strubell, Miquel; Chamberlain, Alan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Discusses bilingual educational policies in Catalonia, where the official aim is to reverse a language shift in favor of Catalan. Chamberlain's response focuses on the decline of Catalan under Franco, similarities between some minority languages in Europe and the language situation in Brunei, and the role of the school and the media in language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Objectives