The growing popularity of e-learning may pose one of the greatest challenges currently facing traditional educational institutions. The questions often asked are how, rather than whether, to embrace this new form of instructional delivery and how to create an appropriate learning environment for the learners. Educational institutions in Hong Kong have the option of adopting programmes or learning materials developed in other parts of the world for local learners, or not. Such an approach of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Computer Uses in...
In late 2010, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah commissioned a new Agency-wide Education Strategy to ensure that USAID's global education investments would be informed by recent Presidential policy guidance; grounded in the most current evidence-based analysis of educational effectiveness; and aimed at maximizing the impact and sustainability of development results. This 2011-2015 Education Strategy was created to reflect these core principles. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Principles, Educational Strategies, Public Agencies, Technical...
The American Institutes for Research's (AID's) International Development Program (IDP) seeks to enhance the capacity of developing countries to improve the quality of life through education and social development. Its work is based on a strong belief in the transformative power of education--that by providing children the opportunity to learn and receive quality instruction, by sharing proven tools and strategies with local government, and by helping communities recognize their own potential...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Quality of Life, Program Effectiveness, Social Change, Social Development,...
There is an increasing tendency on the part of international development players to redefine their relationships as "partnerships." This paper explores the concept of development partnerships, particularly those formed for the benefit of children. A discussion of the differences in the context, form and substance of the discourses and settings in which partnership is used provides a framework for fixing a more precise meaning for the concept in the domain of development partnerships....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development,...
This paper reviews the key issues and methodologies involved in the replication of social programs, as they pertain to non-profit sector development in the United States and in international development. The related process of knowledge transfer and dissemination, as well as the more specific strategies involved in replication and going-to-scale are examined. Strategies discussed include the franchise approach, mandated replication, staged replication, concept replication, and spontaneous...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign...
This document proposes an agenda for globalizing agricultural science and education which has implications for higher education, research, and extension programs at land-grant and similar universities. To enhance global competitiveness of U.S. agriculture through human resource development, institutions are urged to: globalize undergraduate and graduate curriculum, provide leadership development in a global context, encourage pursuit of related scholarly objectives and knowledge creation, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, College...
This report presents results of a study team's analysis of the extent to which International Military Education and Training (IMET) serves U.S. interests. It describes whether IMET has done the following: (1) facilitated access to senior military and political leaders and promoted communication between the United States and recipient countries; (2) provided an effective introduction to U.S. political values; (3) contributed to improving political-military relations in recipient countries; and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Foreign Students, International...
This document, a handbook for teaching peace education, is for use as part of a carefully planned strategy to achieve both the substantive and normative goals of peace education. Objectives include knowledge of the causes of violence and injustice and the possibilities of transcending them and attitudes favoring the behavioral and structural changes such transcendence will require. The handbook provides a counterbalance to most mainstream curricula that assume the inevitability of most...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developing Nations,...
This annotated bibliography introduces students to the reference resources of political science, including international relations, and suggests bibliographic tools to facilitate literature searches. The list is limited to general reference works. The bibliography is divided into the following categories: (1) Guides to the Literature; (2) Encyclopedias (Social Sciences, Political Sciences, and Specialized); (3) Dictionaries (Political Science and Biographical); (4) Handbooks; (5) Yearbooks; (6)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Diplomatic History, Foreign Countries,...
This 6-issue, complete year of a Belgian-Dutch education (some with an English-language summary); reviews of new Dutch-language books; and titles from related Dutch-language journals. Issue 1 focuses on the professional development of teachers. Issue 2 deals primarily with parent education. Issue 3 addresses error analysis in children's mathematical problems and reviews the deregulation policy of the Dutch Ministry of Education and Science. Issue 4 covers professional and individual...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Children, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign...
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is an increasingly important part of foreign aid budgets. Countries that offer foreign aid to other nations do so for many, often contradictory reasons that range from national security and economic self-interest to humanitarian concerns. Every donor state uses ODA as an instrument of its foreign policy. This paper describes findings of a study that examined the relationship between Japan's and the United States' officially stated foreign-aid objectives and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgets, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Foreign Countries,...
Public and congressional opinion of U.S. involvement in world affairs has begun shifting from support to opposition. Recent public opinion polls and congressional decisions such as the one to re-direct $100 million of the United States Information Agency's (USIA) budget to Midwest flood relief indicate waning advocacy for internationalism and a growing tendency toward isolationism. Lack of a clear understanding about the impact of international affairs programs has led to ebbing enthusiasm for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Policy, Global Approach, Global Education, Higher Education, International...
This theme issue focuses on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Articles deal with aspects of the United Nations and include suggestions for teaching about the United Nations and using various teaching materials. Articles in this issue include: (1) "Celebrating United Nations Day" (Ken Osborne); (2) "Educating for World Citizenship" (Douglas Roche); (3) "A United Nations Unit Outline" (Ken Osborne); (4) "Canadian Reference Guide to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy,...
The document resulted from a 1965 conference at Ditchley Park, England, which convened to discuss the principles and policies of educational aid, especially in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. The conference was based on the idea that the relationship of Britain and the United States with developing countries is becoming increasingly important in education since developing countries must look, in part, to external aid in terms of money, teachers, overseas training places, textbooks and other...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conference Reports, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Educational...
Of primary concern in this article are the long range qualitative effects that the recent Congressional cutbacks in appropriations for the 1969 educational and cultural exchange programs will have upon the national interest. Brief introductory sections cite the historical background of the American commitment to these exchanges and the immediate quantitative effects of the cutbacks on the overall program. The major portion of the document examines the effects of the Congressional action in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cultural Exchange, Exchange Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Needs,...
The purpose in preparing this bibliography is to provide access to a sampling of thought, primarily from the United States, on the formulation of international environmental policy as of early 1972. An attempt is made to avoid items which focus on specific international problems, cataloging only those with a broader approach to the whole problem. Arrangement of entries is alphabetical by author, issuing agency, or title, depending upon which is most appropriate or useful. No subject arrangement...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annotated Bibliographies, Ecology, Environment, Foreign Policy, Human Geography,...
The INTELSAT (International Telecommunications Satellite) agreement was reached because of the desirability of continuing the development of a telecommunications satellite system. INTELSAT's aim was to achieve a single global commercial system as part of an improved global telecommunications network which will provide expanded services to all areas of the world and contribute to world peace and understanding. This document represents a multilateral agreement to set up INTELSAT, a list of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications Satellites, Foreign Policy,...
The international exchange of technical information is discussed in relation to U.S. information policy since World War II. Facets of military needs and policies and the involvement of interested agencies (Department of State, Library of Congress, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, etc.) are described. The freedom of information concept is covered, as are the evolution of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Federal Programs, Foreign Policy, Information Dissemination,...
To identify why developing countries have inadequate abilities to establish sound financial management in the public sector, a study of five Latin American countries in varying developmental stages was conducted. The review of U.S. assistance activities and all other programs designed to provide the countries visited with indigenous financial and management expertise was planned and executed as a case study. A symposium followed in which a panel of experts reviewed results to define existing...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Federal...
This report inventories the U.S. federal government's current expenditures of resources for international health and considers ways of better resource utilization and coordination. Presented in eight chapters, the report considers three major issues: (1) how governmental and multilateral development strategies could be reoriented to affect health, (2) how the international health assistance welfare image could be dispelled and its economic development aspects emphasized, and (3) how individuals...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Planning, Economic Development, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial...
Findings and recommendations of a government commissioned study on the United States Information Agency (USIA) are presented. The first of six substantive sections summarizes commission recommendations concerning the following USIA activities and their government funding: Voice of America Radio broadcasts, the Office of Research, cultural exhibits, private sector programs, donated books, and English teaching abroad. The next section describes the membership and activities of the commission. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Cultural Exchange, Foreign Policy, Information Systems, Intercultural...
This summary pamphlet was prepared from tape recordings of sessions at the second Forum on Federal Information Policies, which opened with an introduction and program overview by Carol A. Nemeyer, and a keynote address by Congressman Mervyn M. Dymally. The first panel session, International Influences on Federal Information Policies, with Jane Bornick presiding, included: "Department of Defense (DOD) Publication Policy" (Leo Young); "National Security Controls on Scientific...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Government (Administrative Body), International...
Intended to provide background for study and discussion, this publication gives updated information on development in sub-Saharan Africa and provides a basis for understanding U.S. policy toward this vital region. The strengths, problems, politics, natural resources, and language and ethnolinguistic groups of this area of the world and the international and regional organizations active here are discussed in detail. Extensive data tables include information on the population, culture,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Diplomatic History, Economics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Government Role,...
This paper looks at the position taken in available literature and evaluation reports of multinational and bilateral agencies in regard to vocational education in developing countries. Section 1 provides background on such topics as links between education and development, support of vocational education, diversified secondary education, foreign aid, public institutions, and costs. Section 2 summarizes criticism that focused on the emphasis on financial support for formal public vocational...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Financial Support, Foreign Countries,...
The status of efforts to integrate women into the development assistance projects and programs funded by the U.S. government was the subject of this hearing. Representative Elizabeth J. Patterson, Democrat from South Carolina, pointed out that women in developing nations must work 17 hours per day for the survival of their families. Testimony was given by Dr. Irene Tinker, director of the Equity Policy Center, who reviewed the strategies followed by the Agency for International Development...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females, Foreign Policy, Hearings,...
The original mission of the National Association for Foreign Students Association (NAFSA) was to improve the experience of foreign students in the United States by enhancing the professional expertise of personnel working with them. The guidelines presented in this document are designed to assist personnel and institutions working in any capacity in international exchanges. Topics covered in the publication are: (1) educational interchange policy considerations; (2) standards and principles for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Policy, Foreign Student Advisers, Foreign Students, Global Approach, Higher...
Key leaders working for international, bilateral, and private organizations presented oral testimony and written statements on how developing countries can be assisted in coping with the AIDS crisis. Michael Merson of the World Health Organization, Richard Bissell of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Milton Amayun of World Vision Relief and Development read prepared statements and answered questions about the extent of the AIDS epidemic, especially in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Children, Developing Nations,...
This document is designed to teach students about foreign public opinion and its impact on U.S. foreign policy. As information and communication exchange among nations proliferates, it is important for citizens to understand foreign societies and for U.S. policies to be understood and accepted by other nations. The purpose of this document is to explain the role of the United States Information Agency, and to teach the importance of broadening dialogue between the people of the United States...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Citizenship Education, Civics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Instructional...
This book examines the two global trends of rising population and output on environmental change in the 21st century. These environmental changes can be thought of as "scarcities" of vital resources such as soil, water, and a stable climate and may cause widespread social disorder and violence. Contemporary examples of conflict are featured to highlight what those changes could possibly cause in the next century. The book explores why environmental issues have become so prominent in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Climate, Conservation (Environment), Demography, Economics, Environmental Influences,...
This book examines the changed, and changing, international monetary system. It describes how the system has evolved under nine Presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. It also discusses the broader evolution of the world economy during this period, including the trade and investment issues to which international monetary policy is closely linked. The subjects are predominantly international but have a major impact on domestic economies. These international effects are why they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Banking, Economic Change, Economics, Finance Reform, Financial Policy, Financial...
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