Let's Talk About Teaching Abroad

Join The Fourth Cross National Teaching Forum

On Sunday, June 29, 1997, as part of the WACRAJ Interactive Case Sessions - panel sessions will be held to dicuss issues pertaining to teaching across cultures. There will be five panels representing different regions of the world: Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin, Central and North America. If you have had experience teaching or training in another part of the world, you may want to join one of our panels. If you think you might be or would like to teach in another part of the world, you may want to meet others who have done so. We promise a lively presentation and discussion: The topics selected for discussion are:

• Adapting the Case Method to different Cultures
  
• Evaluating Student Performance
  
• Cross Cultural Differences in Developing Collaborative Teaching Strategies
  

If you are interested in being on the panel and or be the organizer of a region , please contact:

Session Coordinator/Review Coordinator:

Dr. Carmen Vega-Carney,* AGSIM (Thunderbird), GLENDALE, AZ U.S.A., Tel. +602-978-7282, Fax ...439-1435, e-mail carneyc@mhs.t-bird.edu

Western Europe:

Dr. Franz Egle, Akademie fuer Internationales Management, MANNHEIM, GERMANY Tel. +49-621-155-651Fax:+49-621-156-1455, e-mail CompuServe 100430,2577

Central and Eastern Europe:

Dr. Robert Vichas & Virginija Vaicekoniene, Center of Management Technology & Entrepreneurship, Kaunas U of Technology at Panevezys, Panevezys LT-5319, Fax +3705-465-738, e-mail vichas@pub.osf.lt

Dr. Dorata Simpson, University of Gdansk, ul. Armi Krajowej 119/125 SOPOT, 81-824 POLAND Tel./Fax +48-58-51 58 82

Africa, Asia, Latin, Central and North America:

Dr. Carmen Vega-Carney,* AGSIM (Thunderbird), GLENDALE, AZ U.S.A., Tel. +602-978-7282, Fax ...439-1435, e-mail carneyc@mhs.t-bird.edu

Interested in Training Issues...?

Join the Third Cross National Training Forum

The Cross National Training Foum is designed as a platform for exploring the challenges and impacts of teaching in another country and/or culture. Issues to be discussed include Adapting the Case Method to Different Cultures, Cross-Cultureal Differences in Developing Collaborative Teaching Strategies. This segment of the conference will be an analysis of the ideas presented during the Sunday sessions of the Teaching Forum and will provide an opportunity for those who attended the Teaching Forum to further explore the various topics, and for those those who could not attend an understanding of the essential elements of each of the topics...and to participate in an examination of the issues. Contact Dr. Keith Martin, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 U.S.A. Fax +203-254-4070, e-mail: rkmartin@fair1.fairfield.edu