1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910693224103321

Titolo

Presentacion electronica de documentos y otros servicios en linea de BCIS [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, , [2003]

Collana

[Fact sheet]

Soggetti

Electronic government information - United States

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on May 11, 2005).

Spanish version of: E-filing and other BCIS services online (rev.).

"29 de Mayo, 2003."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965388003321

Autore

Brewer Elizabeth

Titolo

Integrating Study Abroad Into the Curriculum : Theory and Practice Across the Disciplines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sterling, : Stylus Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-00-344534-9

1-000-97576-2

1-003-44534-9

1-57922-533-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CunninghamKiran

Disciplina

370.116

370.1162

Soggetti

Foreign study -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Foreign study -- United States

Universities and colleges -- Curricula -- United States

Foreign study - Administration - United States

Foreign study - Curricula - United States

Universities and colleges

Education

Theory & Practice of Education



Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. CAPTURING STUDY ABROAD'S TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL; 2. LESSONS FROM GEOGRAPHY: Mental Maps and Spatial Narratives; 3. PREPARATORY COURSES FOR STUDENTS GOING TO DIVERGENT SITES: Two Examples; 4. CULTURE, RELIGION, AND NATIONALITY: Developing Ethnographic Skills and Reflective Practices Connected to Study Abroad; 5. EMBEDDING PREPARATION IN LANGUAGE COURSES: Bonn and Erlangen; 6. SEMIOTICS AND THE CITY: Putting Theories of Everyday Life, Literature, and Culture Into Practice

7. COOL CITIES: Kalamazoo and Carthage-The Intersection of Service-Learning and Intercultural Learning8. CHINESE CITIES IN TRANSITION: The City as Classroom; 9. HEALTH AND MICROCREDIT: Beloit as a Laboratory for Understanding Nicaragua; 10. BUILDING GLOBAL AWARENESS THROUGH BIOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND STUDY ABROAD: How Science Study Can Prepare Students for Study Abroad, and How Study Abroad Can Prepare Scientists for Citizenship; 11. SYNTHESIS AND CAREER PREPARATION: The International Relations Senior Thesis; 12. CAPACITY BUILDING FOR STUDY ABROAD INTEGRATION: The Institution and the Faculty

CONTRIBUTORSINDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

To achieve the goal of engendering intercultural competence and intellectual development, this book proposes two strategies: structure study abroad to bridge the separation of academic learning from experiential and intercultural learning; and integrate study abroad with the undergraduate curriculum. This book opens with two chapters presenting different theoretical perspectives relevant to the integration of study abroad into the curriculum. The following nine chapters provide examples from a variety of disciplines and within such contexts as distance learning, service learning, and the senio