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Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. – 2000
This CD-ROM contains information about the Republic of Palau, a sovereign state in the Pacific Ocean. The CD-ROM contains full-color photos and video clips of selected sites and events on Palau; interactive maps of Palau, including land forms, places of cultural significance, and public schools; and a glossary of geographic, geological, and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Context, Geographic Regions, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHirschmann, Rudolf – Unterrichtspraxis, 1975
A "German Semester" concentrates four or five simultaneous courses in German language; literature; art and music; science, philosophy and psychology; and social sciences, with faculty as well as outside lecturers from the various disciplines. (CHK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. – 2000
Oceanic art has long been recognized for its quality and its influence on Western art. This CD-ROM presents over 100 of the finest examples of art from the Pacific region in the form of museum photos, contemporary video segments, and music. The CD-ROM includes such artifacts as masks and carvings from Melanesia, canoes and storyboards from…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art Education, Art Products, Cultural Context
Download full textLewis, Jeanne G.; Roth, Margarete M. – 1993
American business education results in practitioners with high-level business skills but lacking the broader knowledge and habits of thought that enable them to use these skills in the complex global marketplace. This knowledge should include familiarity with the economic, political, social, and cultural diversity that is part of the human…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Business Administration Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York, NY. – 2002
This collection of 15 curriculum projects is the result of a summer seminar in China for teachers and scholars. Projects in the collection are: (1) "Perspectives on Modern Political/Social Issues in China" (Sandy Conlon); (2) "Ancient History X Projects/China" (Michael Corey); (3) "Education and Development: China, a Case…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture
Peer reviewedAllen, Calvin H., Jr. – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1996
Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Middle Eastern history textbooks appropriate for college instruction. Reviews the textbooks in terms of coverage, how current is the information, and style and content. Provides a wealth of background information. (MJP)
Descriptors: Arabs, Area Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Peer reviewedSpooner, Michael – English Journal, 1987
Discusses the use of non-native English literature in the American English classroom. Views the transformation of English by non-English sensibilities as a source of vitality in the language. Concludes that contact literature helps students appreciate language change and stimulates reader response. Provides bibliographies of works by international…
Descriptors: African Literature, American Indian Literature, Area Studies, Contrastive Linguistics
