As China becomes a more international platform, studying abroad is an increasingly popular choice for Chinese students. Business is the most popular major Chinese students choose when studying abroad but a growing number of Chinese students are interested in psychology. To ensure a meaningful experience, it is essential to understand the…

The IEA Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M) is the first large-scale international study of the preparation of primary and lower-secondary teachers. The study investigated the pedagogical and subject-specific knowledge that future primary and lower secondary school teachers acquire during their mathematics teacher…

The most significant objective of pre service teacher education is to educate qualified teachers. How this quality can be attained seems possible by designing teacher education programs which enable students to acquire skills such as reaching knowledge and solving problems. It is thought that student teachers begin to understand the profession…

This source book provides the name, location, and breakdown of course offerings and credit hours needed to complete each of the 154 university masters programs in educational technology that responded to a survey conducted in 1980 by the International Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Information is…

Presents findings from on-site observations of 12 graduate programs in educational technology at 12 universities in the United States and Canada. Highlights include undergraduate requirements; graduate degree programs and organization; markets served; size of programs; and program support. (AEF)

This directory of educational communications and technology masters programs contains descriptions of programs in both the United States and foreign countries. The U.S. listings are categorized by state. Data for each institution include an address and contact person; a listing of courses; information on prerequisites for entering the program;…

This listing of 89 schools from around the world with master's degree programs in educational technology is based on the results of a survey completed by the International Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology in the fall of 1979. Countries represented in addition to the U.S.A. are Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,…

A directory of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in linguistics in the United States and Canada contains major and minor requirements and brief course descriptions for 127 institutions. Program emphases and specializations are noted. (MSE)

A study comparing accounting education and practice in Korea (n=35 schools), Japan (n=26 schools), and the United States (n=134 schools) found Korean and Japanese colleges have fewer general education courses than those in the U.S. Implications for development of Korean accounting programs and articulation of programs at the international level…

This master's thesis reports the results of a survey submitted to over 30 colleges and universities that currently offer computer graphics courses or are in the planning stage of curriculum design. Intended to provide a profile of the computer graphics programs and insight into the process of curriculum design, the survey gathered data on program…

The purpose of this bulletin is to present to collegiate registrars, committees of admission, and State departments of public instruction such data about the institutions of higher education in Norway as will enable those officials and offices to form fairly accurate judgments of how higher training in Norway compares with that in the United…

This book examines the origin and development of doctoral degrees and offers recommendations for the improvement of doctoral programs and degrees. It discusses the birth of universities and doctoral degrees in medieval Europe and reviews the spread of the degree to the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia. Contemporary concerns about…

The papers and discussion generated by exchange visits of American and Soviet educators are reprinted or summarized. The purpose of the visits was to exchange information and to study each country's system of higher education. Seminars held in the United States concentrated on two topics: selection and guidance of students in higher education, and…

In 10 papers by independent experts, this volume explores the trends in and prospects for research training in member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. "Problems and Prospects of Research Training in the 1990s" (Stuart Blume) looks at trends in national policy toward research training and issues of…