Recently added articles from International Education:
EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Apr 01, 2008; McClam, Tricia ... This issue considers the school from several different perspectives and locales. The opening essay is by Alicia Cook, Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University. Titled "Global Dimensions in Service Learning: A Collaborative Grant-Writing Project," this essay describes the benefits for ...
GLOBAL DIMENSIONS IN SERVICE LEARNING: A COLLABORATIVE GRANT-WRITING PROJECT
Apr 01, 2008; Cook, Alicia Skinner ... Much has been written regarding the need to prepare American college and university students for global citizenship. In 1995, the American Council on Education's International Commission on International Education emphasized the need for colleges and universities to become institutions without ...
THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AS AN EMERGING PROFESSIONAL IN THE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Apr 01, 2008; Studer, Jeannine R ... Political, social, and economic demands of society create conditions and issues to which leaders are compelled to respond. In some cases, new occupations that previously did not exist, appear as an answer to societal concerns. For example, the profession of school counseling in both Japan and ...
STUDENTS' PRE-DEPARTURE EXPECTATIONS AND POST-SOJOURN OBSERVATIONS IN A SHORT-TERM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ABROAD ON THE CULTURE, MUSIC, AND ART OF BRAZIL
Apr 01, 2008; Dekaney, Elisa Macedo ... Globalization has certainly had an impact on how young adults are educated. Over the past three decades, higher education institutions have developed and offered educational experiences that acknowledge the inherent values of cultures around the world. In order to provide first-hand learning ...
COMMUNITY ASSUMES THE ROLE OF STATE IN EDUCATION IN STATELESS SOMALIA
Apr 01, 2008; Abdinoor, Abdullahi ... INTRODUCTION Formal education is closely associated with the modern state as one of its primary responsibilities. This is because education is seen by virtually all societies as a key modernizing factor and shaper of national identity. It is also seen as a builder of human capital for ...
HOME-SCHOOL COMMUNICATION IN A RURAL SOUTH AFRICAN VILLAGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
Apr 01, 2008; Tucker, Catherine; Bachman, Lauren; Klahr, Jessica; Meza, Natali; Walters, Meghan ... INTRODUCTION "We naturally associate ... democracy with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity for thought behind it is only chaos" (Dewey, 1903/2005). "Education is the great engine of personal development ... it is what we make out of what we have, not ...
UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANT TRAINING PROGRAM: A CASE STUDY AT A NORTHWESTERN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
Apr 01, 2008; Jia, Cai Lun; Bergerson, Amy Aldous ... INTRODUCTION Recruiting and educating international students is a growing characteristic of the landscape of American higher education. Open Doors 2006 (Institute of International Education, 2006) indicated that 564,766 international students were enrolled in American higher education ...
WHAT DO K-3 CHILDREN KNOW AND WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CHINA? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHINESE/ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND THEIR PEERS1
Apr 01, 2008; Liu, Ping ... Developing an understanding of other cultures and languages through international education is essential in the 21st century. Language and culture are inseparable. Students exploring a target culture through language learning can be effective when such a component is included in the curriculum ...
A VIGNETTE: "YOU'RE AMERICAN?" ATTEMPTS TO REACH MUSLIM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GERMANY
Apr 01, 2008; Dorfman, Dorinne ... While I am at my desk, a sedan speeds by my window blasting Arab music, a mild annoyance reminding me of teens cruising to the heavy beat of hip hop in my Vermont hometown. Snow-topped mountains and green river valleys have been replaced by the urban landscape of Germany's capital, enhanced by ...
NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING AND KNOWING
Apr 01, 2008; Paulus, Trena ... SHARAN B. MERRIAM AND ASSOCIATES (2007) NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING AND KNOWING. MALABAR, FL: KRIEGER PUBLISHING COMPANY. University campuses continue to explore the interplay between global and local communities, reaching out beyond national borders while also ...