Global tensions necessitate increased understanding of the Soviet Union by Americans. Educators can help by convincing their professional organizations to support activities aimed at increasing the availability of information and by making sure that local efforts to provide information to students are clearly unbiased and are purely educational in…

The intercultural approach to cultural education is preferred to the comparative approach because of the different perceptions of the "Other" that they promote. The comparative emphasizes simple knowledge of the culture under study, and the intercultural emphasizes comprehension of cultures, focusing more closely on the other culture. (MSE)

Asserts that language teachers should utilize "horizonal" coordination, i.e., attaching what the student learns about a foreign people to what is being learned in other subjects. Discusses the National Council for the Social Studies' program which uses "horizontal" coordination in studying people's cultural values, institutions, and ways of life.…

International units on art, on international development, and bibliographies of materials for teaching an international unit, and on foreign holidays and festivals are presented. (KM)

A teacher/actor produces plays which are meaningful socially or personally and are suitable for children of various ages. Teachers and students see the plays and are taught drama by the itinerant teacher/actor. (ST)

Presents three points of view on the notion of space as taught and perceived in elementary geography classes in France, Canada, and the United States. (DS)

Examines the novels of Chinua Achebe in the light of Jean Jacques Rousseau's definition of political alienation as the political process of representation whereby a community allows its interests to be represented by a smaller group. (Author/JM)

Describes a project to review and evaluate educational films related to the study of French language and culture. (RS)

Extensive list of differences between German and American cultural patterns. (DS)

The six community countries that compose the European Coal and Steel Community schools offer several unique features among which is the teaching of history and geography without a regional emphasis, while the curriculum is built around a European rather than a national point of view. (Author/JN)

Outlines objectives and methodology for successfully developing expatriated managers. (Editor)

Issue devoted to the teaching of foreign literatures. (DS)

Paper prepared by a committee of North York (Canada) French teachers for discussion at one of their recent professional development sessions. (DS)