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Bloe, Diasmer – Educational Testing Service, 2015
In partnership with Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, Salzburg Global Seminar hosted an international strategic dialogue of 60 thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners from institutions serving marginalized populations to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Access to Education, Student Diversity
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Woodward, James; Hoa, Nguyen Thi – Sign Language Studies, 2012
This paper discusses how the Nippon Foundation-funded project "Opening University Education to Deaf People in Viet Nam through Sign Language Analysis, Teaching, and Interpretation," also known as the Dong Nai Deaf Education Project, has been implemented through sign language studies from 2000 through 2012. This project has provided deaf…
Descriptors: Sign Language, High Schools, Deafness, Higher Education
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article features the reconstitution of the Place of Peace, a Buddhist temple disassembled in Japan, shipped in four containers across the Pacific Ocean, and reassembled in Furman University campus in South Carolina. How Furman decided to take on the project is an unusual tale. The temple once belonged to the Tsuzuki family, which owned and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Buddhism, Cultural Centers, Industry
Yu, Zhan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigates two cooperative programs made by Peking University, a leading Chinese research university and the Nippon Foundation Group, an international foundation based in Japan. It attempts to examine the process through which the University collaborates with the Foundation, and explore to what extent the cooperation influenced the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning, Research Universities, Global Approach
Tucker, Frank H. – Intellect, 1977
Examines the frontier spirit of Japan in its "commercial colonies," where Japanese citizens struggle in their own communities around the world to provide outlets for Japan's enormous production of goods and to secure raw materials for their burgeoning industrial establishment. Also evaluates textbooks to see how the frontier theme has…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Economic Progress, Overseas Employment, Social History
Snow, Carl B. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1971
The head of the Audiovisual Center at Western Michigan University reports on the extensive use of media he saw during his seven week visit to schools in Japan. (LS)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Equipment Utilization
Japan Broadcasting Co., Tokyo – 1973
An overview of the full range of educational broadcasts offered by Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) is presented. Nippon Hoso Kyokai, which translates to English as Japan Broadcasting Company, is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan; it operates two AM radio networks, one FM network, and two television networks and is completely…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Correspondence Study, Educational Radio, Educational Television
Davis, Charles H. – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1984
Description of portable microcomputers discusses design features of Tandy TRS-80, Nippon Electric Company PC-8200, Epson HX-20, Texas Instruments TI CC 40, and Convergent Technologies' Workslate and provides several caveats and recommendations to those making purchasing decisions. Potential uses for portable microcomputers in education are also…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Design, Merchandise Information
Personal Computing, 1981
Looks at microcomputers manufactured by Altos Computer Systems, Cromemco, Exidy, Intelligent Systems, Intertec Data Systems, Mattel, Nippon Electronics, Northstar, Personal Micro Computers, and Sinclair. (Part I of this article, examining other computers, appeared in the May 1981 issue.) Journal availability: Hayden Publishing Company, 50 Essex…
Descriptors: Equipment Evaluation, Equipment Manufacturers, Microcomputers, Purchasing
National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. – 1999
This sourcebook contains lessons and materials developed by the Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs). The ideas and activities in the sourcebook focus on the Japanese economy and are useful in social studies classrooms and courses including, economics, geography, and world cultures. Essays in the sourcebook are: (1)…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economic Research
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Kato, Daisuke – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Describes the education of hearing-impaired infants and young children between 0-5 years of age at the Japan Oral School for the Deaf. Summarizes the school's three educational principles: utilization of residual hearing through hearing aids, early identification of hearing loss and early intervention, and auditory-oral interaction for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Daily Living Skills, Deafness, Disability Identification
De Vera, Jose Maria – 1967
With an eye toward further collaboration between U.S. and Japanese broadcasters, the overall approach and effect of Japanese educational television (ETV) is examined. While in the United States ETV has no advertisement and is non-profit, the Japanese only require that any advertisement be not obstructive to social education. Their broadcasting has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Education, Educational Television, Japanese
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Presented as part of a roundtable discussion by editors of library journals at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, "Electronic Publishing," by Hirokazu Iwata of Japan, discusses Dai Nippon Printing's response to new media and electronic publishing. Various aspects of the computerized processing…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. – 1974
Various ways of presenting science on television are discussed in this anthology. The "real world imperatives" of commercial television are shown to severely limit science programing. The influence of economic factors on independent production of television documentaries and on network coverage of science news is also explained.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Commercial Television, Educational Television, Mass Media
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Tokyo. – 1971
Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK--Japan Broadcasting Company) is the only public service broadcasting organization in Japan. It is financed entirely with receivers' fees paid by television and radio set owners. NHK conducts a variety of educational broadcast activities. Two services provided by NHK are the Gauken senior high school correspondence program…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Educational Radio, Educational Television, Extension Education
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