Describes the programs at the East-West Center, an international educational institution located at the University of Hawaii, involved in research on reorientation cross-cultural seminars; or helping people return home after an extended stay in a foreign country. (PG)

Describes a Teacher Ambassadors program that aims to broaden the perspective of children by exposing them to teachers from abroad. (Editor)

Author feels that international educational and cultural relations do not receive adequate coverage in international affairs textbooks. (Editor/PG)

Because of various political events in the recent past, colleges and universities have been requiring more foreign languages and intercultural studies for their students. (HS)

This document contains eight volumes of "The Journal of Multicultural and Cross-cultural Research in Art Education." Founded in 1981 by the United States Society for Education through Art, the journal's purpose is to promote a greater understanding of diverse cultures and to explore the role of art in multicultural education. Featured articles…

Suggestions are made for the direction by language teachers of time spent abroad by language students. Techniques are described which capitalize on the foreign setting as a means of language learning. (RM)

Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Botswana; (2) Namibia; and (3) Pakistan. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)

This paper focuses on five basic concepts that exemplify the comparative study of higher education. It examines its contribution to the understanding of higher education: Comparative higher education is seen as the best means of examining one's own system, of understanding its cultural characteristics, of seeing alternatives, and of understanding…

This book provides an overview of education reform in 27 countries. Following the introduction by Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alan R. Sadovnik, and Susan F. Semel, part 1 offers national case studies of educational reform in the 1980s. Chapters include: (2) "Argentina" (Ana Munoz-Sandoval); (3) "Australia" (Richard Teese); (4) "Brazil" (Robert Cowen…

The two main themes of this conference were the influence of technology on families, and technology and counseling. Many of the papers consider the impact technology is having on individuals and families, and subsequently how it is affecting the counseling profession. This involves new ways of counseling using technological resources, and…

Culture courses, currently popular, can bring increased enrollments to language departments. Presented here is an outline of some reasons for offering culture courses, teaching methods employed, and problems encountered. (CHK)

Addressed to foreign student advisers, this brochure presents the view that the changing times, domestically and internationally, suggest that foreign students are needed here for the education of our own students. It outlines a method by which foreign student advisers and others working with foreign students can provide such learning…

Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Nigeria; (2) St. Lucia; (3) Tanzania; and (4) Zimbabwe. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)

According to Edmund Leach (1976), boundaries are dirty. Yet power resides in the boundaries. As foreign-born instructors, the authors fall into a dirty category because they exist in cultural boundaries. This paper recognizes the American style of communication studies as a dirty category. This paper suggests that the authors' role be redefined in…

This paper suggests that the teaching of world history from a U.S. and European history viewpoint does not help students understand and develop insights about the contemporary world. The context within which current events occur is more important than simply teaching about specific facts. The process of learning must be considered along with…