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Vasilopoulos, Gene; Romero, Gloria; Farzi, Reza; Shekarian, Mariana; Fleming, Douglas – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2019
This study examines the practicality and relevance of positive peace (Galtung, 1964) in English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher training. It focuses on a collaborative three-month study abroad program, funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council, for EFL teachers from rural communities in western China to participate in an intensive professional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Study Abroad, Power Structure
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Hilal, Kholoud T.; Denman, Brian D. – Higher Education Studies, 2013
Since 9/11, Saudi Arabia has made significant attempts to change its public image because of its alleged association with global terrorism. Given its charitable interests in promoting education as a tool for peace within the Arab region, it has established the King Abdullah Scholarship Program (KASP), considered to be the most heavily endowed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Terrorism, Peace
Wood, Leslie; And Others – 1982
The political, social, and cultural attitudes of former high school participants in international exchange programs are analyzed. In 1981, faculty members at Indiana University and Purdue University examined survey responses of 57 individuals who participated in the Rotary International Exchange Program between 1971 and 1980. Participants also…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Cultural Awareness, Educational Research, Exchange Programs
Bond, Lynne; Koont, Sinan; Stephenson, Skye – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2005
If one of the main purposes of study abroad is to promote a greater understanding between members of the host and home nation via face-to-face relations and in-country living experiences, there is no place in the world where United States students studying abroad takes on more significance than it does in Cuba. Given a situation in which home and…
Descriptors: Latin American Culture, Peace, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad