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Edwards, Jane the World in Th DOCUMENT RESUME ED 211 009 HE C14 632 AUTHOR Tonkin, Humphrey: Edwards, Jane TITLE The World in the Curriculum: Curricular Strategies for the 21st Century. Education and the World View, II. INSTITUTION Council on Learning, New Rochelle, N.Y. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, r.C.; EXXON Education Foundation, New York, N.Y.; Mertz-Gilmore (Joyce) Foundation, New York, N.Y.; National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH) , Washington, D.C. REPORT NO' ISBN-0-915390-28-0 PUB DATE Apr 81 NOTE A5p. AVAILABLE FROM Change Magazine Press, 271 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801($6-95). EDES PRICE MF01/PC11 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *College Curriculum; College Environment; College Programs; College Role; College,Setond language Programs: *Curritulum Development; Lepartments; *Educational Change; Educational Objectives: Foreign Students: *Global Approach: Higher Education; *International Education; International Educational Exchange: Majors (Students); Program Costs; Study Abroad; Two Year Colleges; *Undergraduate Study; Universities ABSTRACT Recommendations for strengthening the international perspective of the undergraduate curriculum at colleges and universities are offered, and reasons for internationalizing the curriculum are considered, based on changes throughout the world and America's role in it. Attention is focused on the reform of existing programs and the introduction of new ones to increase tte attention given to the international aspects of education and their centrality in the undergraduate curriculum. In addition, consideration is given to the people involved in the programs, the way that the undergraduate environment can be made more glotal and international, and the way that undergraduate programs and the international facilities of the institution in general can better relate to the ri public at all levels. The following types of American higher education institutions or arrangements are examined: the university, comprehensive institutions, the liberal arts college, community and junior colleges, professional schools, continuing education, consortia, and cooperatiOn between school end college.. Among the possible approaches for strengthening the international perspective are evaluating the traditional disciplinary major or depar,tmental structure, broadening major offerings, internationalizing existing major programs, integrating an international dimension throughout the curriculum, integrating views of scholars of other nationalities in academic programs, and establishing institutions specifically designed- to provide training in international studies. Attention also is- directed to the importance of second language instruction, study abroad and international exchanges, financing international programs, and campus activities and resources.: A bibliography and list of resource organizations are appended. (SW) Education andthe WorldView, II CD CD Humphrey Tonkin (Ni CZ Jane Edwards uJ THEWORLD INTHE CURRICULUM CurricularStrategies forthe 21stCentury II C rsr U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF EDUCATION MATERIAL HAS BEENG_RANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER fERICI Vine document haS been reprod..cedas received from theperson or orgr.rozation ongoraboo Mono, changes have been made toimprove reproduction quatstV PotntS of new or TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES opmons stated m the docu ment do not neressarity INFORMATION CENTER (MC)" represent of ficLal NIE positron or poky Change MagazinePress o by the Council onLeaguing, which This book is part of aseries of publications snail the world ViewProgram in an effort to *mom% established its Education to wiftme theirintoreatioaal cam age the 'sellout'scolleges and msiversMes program has beenheaded by pmatalts in theirundergraduate sterricultrat., This Department listdowment for the fluesanities,the United Mates tint Education Fcendatiea, andfbe Joyce ildortzGlimaor ref Remotion, the Exxon endeavor bane been geldedby Vevadatiat. The veritiesactivities metier this leaders oat sf public life,the academy, mod k;des natiostal task force of 30 listed at the end of thisvolume. try. Other volumesin ties series are E6.95 THE WORLD IN THECURRICULUM: C' Curricular Strategiesfor the 21st Century ©1981 by Change Magazineirons 271 North Avenue New Itothelle, N.Y. 10801 April 1981 Change Magazine Press 1,71 North Avenue New liohellq. N.Y 1080&. ISBN 0-915390-28.0 LC M80.69765 $6.95 each: $5.95 eachfor 10 or more copies. Contents Foreword, George W Bonham iv Acknowledgments 2 Introduction 4 IA World of Interconnections 1. Our fate is bound up with the fate of others... 10 2. As Others See Us 15 3.The Response of the United States 18 4.Beyond Nostalgia 23 IIAmerican Higher Education and the World View 1. The American World of Lbarning 26 2. Obstacles to the World View 29 3.The Current Situation 35 4.What Knowledge Is Enough? 40 IIIWhere Learning Happens: The Limits of Physical Settings 1.The University 47 2.Comprehensive Institutions 50 3.The Liberal Arts College 51 4.Community and Junior Colleges 52 5. Professional Schools 54 6. Continuing Educgtion 56 7. Consortia 56 8, Cooperation Betweer, School and College 57 IVPutting the World in the Curriculum: Programs 1. Introduction: The Disciplines 62 2. A Prescription for Change: Launching an International Et! Effort -, 3.The Major 70' 4. Broadening Major Offerings 73.. 5. Internationalizing Existing Major Programs 77 6. An International Dimension Throughout the 78 Curriculum 7. The Configuration of the Disciplines 83 8. Curricular Design and Development 87' 9. "International" Colleges 90 4 V-Communicating With the World: Language 1. The Situation of Language in the World 2..The Situation in the United Stales 99 3.The Language Requirement in Its Present Form 101 9. Quality of Instruction 109 5. Proficiency-Based Instruction and the Language Requirement 106 6. Articulation and Integration 111 7.Reintroducing a Language Requirement 116 8.Overcoming Public Resistance to Language Study 118 . VI-Meetingthe Woild Halfway: Study Abroad and International Exchanges 1. Study Abroad: Its Forms and Its Potential 122 2. Making Study Abroad More Accessible 127 3.Establishing a Study-Abroad Program 134 9. Exchanges 139 WI-Living inthe"Aeademy and Living in the World: Actors and Constituencies t.People 199 2. The Faculty 195 3. Getting Faculty Membus Involved 199 9. Hiring The International Quotient 152 5.Teachers as Learners 159 6. Foreign Faculty Members - 7. Administrators and Their Commitment to International Affairs 156 161 8.The Trustees % 9.Students and Their Goals 163 10. Parents 167 11. Foreign Students in the United States 168 12. Catering to the Needs of Foreign Students 171 13.The Foreign Student as an Educational Resource 173 19.The Foreign Researcher 176 15. Alumni 177 16. Legislators 178 VIII - -The World on the Campus: The Campus as an International Environment 1. Administer -6 international Programs 180 2.,Libraries 185 3. The Campus Bookstore 186 9. Audio-Visual Resources 188 5. A Cosmopolitan Campus 190 6. Traditional Programming 192 7.Programs on Current Events and Global Issues 196, 8.Residences 198 9. Bringing Americans and Foreigners Together 200 10. From Planning to Action 203 5 Ili IXCollege :Ind Community 1.U.S. C%anizations and Governinent Agencies 206 2.Internationally Basel Organizations 210 3. State Governments 214 4.Local Contacts 216 5. Personnel Development 218 6. Serving the Needs of the Larger Society: Outreach 220 XFinancing International Programs 1. Reordering Priorities 228 2. Now Investments 230 3. Support Services 234 4. Foreign Students 235 5. Ancillary Prokrams 235 XIChange and Transformation 1. Structures and Outcomes 240 2.Some Principles for Action 242 , References 249 Organizations 258 4 iv Foreword Throughout Man's painful journey into contemporary timesfrom his stone age cave existence through his development of nation- states to a planetary life now made sfiddenly critical by the flash- point compaction, of new and old forces-Lthe distance of our con- sciousness has stretched from a few thousand feet to the outer mark- ings of our world and the planets and stars beyond. To live in and more fully understand this new global life is to cope and survive it. The once distant hastings of the world, be they hostile or friendly, strange or familiar, open or closed, now to wit are set in our back- yard. There is to be no further retreat to our protective caves of Paleolithic times. Undergirding those necessary visions for a global century lie the pragmatic and down-to-earth abilities which will enable us to tra- verse this new world with any degree of success. How are we to be attuned to the new necessities of survival? That is the question. In this useful book on curricular strategies for undergraduate institu- tions, Jane Edwards and Humphrey Tonkin have done their impor- tant and very necessary work in describing what must inevitably take place: To remove international education from much of its ex- horatory and peripheral past and to put it full flush into the main- stream of American education. In higher education and elsewhere, professionals understandably prefer larger conceptual canvasses to the nuts-and-bolts business of the underlying process. But visions will not convert to realities until we are willing to get ouz hands dirty. There is enough in this book of practical value to satisfy that vast array of needs and practices of our colleges and universities across the country. The test is in the doing. Educational change never takes
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