Project International Emphasis

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AUTHOR
Blois, Beverly, Ed.; Williams, Barbara
TITLE
Project International Emphasis Interim Report, July
1991.
INSTITUTION
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Sterling.
Humanities Div.
SPONS AGENCY
Virginia State Council of Higher Education,
Richmond.; Virginia State Dept. of Community
Colleges, Richmond.
PUB DATE
Jul 91
NOTE
336p ; One page, a list of the Virginia Community
Colleges, contains type two small to be legible.
PUB TYPE
Guides - Classroom Use - Teaching Guides (For
Teacher) (052) -- Reports - Descriptive (141)
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DESCRIPTORS
Community Colleges; Course Content; *Course
Descriptions; Course Organization; *Courses;
*Cultural Awar-ness; Cultural Education; *Curriculum
Development; Faculty Development; Multicultural
Education; Two Year Colleges
IDENTIFIERS
*Virginia
ABSTRACT
Project International Emphasis (PIE), a curriculum
development effort involving all 24 colleges in the Virginia
Community College System (VCCS), focuses on the infusion of globally
oriented components across the academic curriculum and in related
career development programs. Activities undertaken during the
project's first year included an annual institute, the revision of
over 200 courses in the VCCS, and the production and distribution of
two issues of a PIE newsletter. The bulk of this report consists of a
collection of 1990-91 course descriptions/syllabi provided Loy
instructors in the, VCCS. Included are the following 21 PIE course
modules: (1) African Literature; (2) Cross Cultural rommunication;
(3) Landscape in Art--Eastern and Western Views; (4) Our Global Home
(Biology);
(5) The Influence of Diverse Cultures on the Historical
Development of Mathematics; (6) MulLirultural Perspectives for Human
Growth and Development (Psychology);
(7) The Open Economy; (8) United
States Foreign Policy--Focus on Central America; (9) International
Marketing; (10) International Management; (11) Computing in the
1990's, a Look at the Marketplace; (12) The International Nature of
the Paper Industry; (13) Environmental Problems; (14) International
Impact of Nursing; (15) Mining Electrical and Electronic Control
Systems; (16) Minority Caree- Opportunities and International
Implications; (17) Assertiveness Training for the Multicultural
Student; (18) Our International Society--Working and Living in a
Multicultural World; (19) Developing an International Career
Passport; (20) Increase Your Multicultural I.Q.; and (21) Gcing
Global. Brief abstracts of an additional 155 course modules, listing
the instructor, college, course title, and discipline; and 1991-92
PIE plans from three colleges are inclIded. (PAA)
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FROM THE CHANCELLOR
International Emphasis can claim a
At the conclusion of its first year of operation, Project
of students in VCCS colleges and to
number of highly significant contributions to the education
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faculty and career counselors.
the professional development of these same colleges' teaching
staff, is preparing
PIE, by internationalizing our courses and programs and by updating our
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workplace challenges of
community college education in Virginia for meeting the academic and
Council of Higher Education, the
the next century. Through the generous support of the State
participants, Project
involvement of all thirty-four VCCS campuses, and the hard work of all PIE
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educators nationwide.
International Emphasis has gained the notice and respect of international
consideration.
I am proud to present P1E's Interim Report for your
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Virginia Community College System
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COMMITTEE
FROM THE STEERTNG
of the VCCS.
indelible impact on the 34 campuses
Emphasis is making an
Project International
change. After all,
stories that tell the story of
with a string of success
It concludes its first year
about: changing behavior.
that's what education is all
within the Commonwealth, the message
the Blue Ridge and all points
From the Eastern Shore to
be amplified
It is a message that will
global village, is being heard.
of internationalism, of a
in the years ahead.
many times over
initiative in the year ahead?
advance this vitally important
Won't you join with us to
Barbara Gutlicie-Morsi;
Co-Director
College
Northern Virginia Community
Nancy Sandberg
Co-Director
College
Paul D. Camp Community
Mary Ruth Clowdsley
Tidewater Community College
Alin Do lgin
Thomas Nelson Community College
Elizabeth S. Grizzard
College
Northern Virginia Community
Rita Krasnow
Virginia Western Community College
Barbara A. Wyles
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Lois E. Wells
VCCS Liaison
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Director's Report
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COUSE_MODULES
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English: African Literatt.:e
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Samuel B. Olorounto
Speech: Cross Cultural Communication
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Barbara M. Hund
Landscape in ArtFastem and Western Views
Art Appreciation:
34
Elizabeth Tebow
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
Biology: Our Global Home--How Dependent Are We on Fellow Global
Citizens?
43
Harold S. Adams
Mathematics: The Influence of Diverse Cultures on the Historical
Development of Mathematics
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George A. Heffernan
SOC AL $CIENCEa
Psychology: Multicultural Perspectives for Human Growth and
Development
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Gayle Wolfe
Economics: The Open Economy.
75
Kenneth
Edwards
Political Science: US Foreign Policy--Focus on Central America
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Richard W. Lacy
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Introduction to Business:
International Marketing
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Joyce H. Wood
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Principles of Management: International Management
Arlene Keifer
SYSILEADDNALLIECHNICALEEKRAMS.
in the 1990s, a Look
Computer Information Systems: Computing
131
at the Marketplace
Robert L. Tureman
137
Paper Industry
Pulp and Paper: The International Nature of the
Charles A. Bartocci
144
Environmental Science: Environmental Problems
Chub Ogbonnaya
158
Nursing: International Impact on Nursing
Celeste S. Makrevis
170
Systems
Mining: Mining Illectrical and Electronic Control
Wendell Fowler
NIIIDELEr
182
Implications
Minority Career Opportunities and International
Claire Robinson
187
Assertiveness Training for the Multicultural Student
Terry A. Johnson
in a Multicultural
Our International Society--Working and Living
192
World
Somerville
Sarah W
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201
Developing an ;me:rational Career Passport
Christopier A. Smith
207
Increase Your Multicultural I.Q
Ellen J. Fancher
212
Going Global
Helen L. Ross
MODUL5 AIWTRACTS
218
Alphabetical Listing by Author of 1990-1991 PIE Modules
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Index by Discipline of 1990-1991 PIE Modules
255
CAMEILIEURNATIONAL EDUCATION CHANGE 131.61sIS
C7trmanna Community College
292
Tidewater Community College
- Chesapeake Campus
298
Virginia Highlands Community College
311
VIRGINIA COMM= COLLEGE SYSTEM
College Locator Map
Inside Front Cover
College Addresses and Phone Numbers
Inside Back Cover
INTRODUCTION
cuniculum development project in the
Project International Emphasis is the largest system-wide
Council's Funds for Excellence
history of the VCCS. It was planned and proposed to the State
.VCCS institutions. The timeliness and
Program by a small group of deans and provost; from
received the largest Funds for Excellence
quality of the proposal is bespoken by the face that PIE
award in the current biennium.
faculty and career counselors
The central goal of Project International Emphasis is to prepare
effectively our students for life and work in the "global
at all 34 VCCS campuses to educate
PIE sees the key to
of the 1990s.
village" and increasingly interdependent world economy
infusion of globally-
successfully preparing our students for these realities to be the integration or
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development programs.
oriented components across the curriculum and in related career
community colleges must be
Virginia is to keep abreast of global developments, faculty in its
well as transfer
encouraged to develop international components in occupational/technical as
include the international
curricula and career counselors must revise their job search strategies to
dimension.
together all campus
Project goals are being realized by four means: annual institutes bringing
ultimately produce approximately 400 revised course
teams, curriculum development which will
technologies,
syllabi, intraproject communication by means of video and other communications
beyond Virginia.
and dissemination of project materials and resource guides within and
curricula, but will also have
By the project's end, every campus will not only have revised its
Additionally, a
produced a "change plan" for international education which will outlive PIE.
work of
state-wide VCCS international education consortium will supersede and continue the
PIE.
of the
This interim report, published at the end of PIE's first year, 1990-91, highlights some
A final report, covering all PIE activities 1990-1992, will be
project's accomplishments.
published a year hence.
EXECUTWE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
PIE AFTER ONE YEAR
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The introduction printed above, which may also serve as a statement of
purpose for Project
International Emphasis, lists four principle means by which PIE is internationalizing existing
courses and, additionally, seeing to bring about a complete change of climate on the campuses
of Virginia's oommunity colleges, so that not just coileses, but also students, faculty and staff,
and the campus environments themselves are remade, to some degree,
as more globally and
internationally aware individuals and institutions. As PIE's first
year comes to a close, we may
state, with some pride, that project personnel have
* held one annual institute (August 1990, Fairfax, VA)
and will soon convene our second (July 1991, Ports-
mouth, VA)
* overseen the revision of nearly 200 courses currer Ely
taught in VCCS colleges, by the addition of a one-
week unit, or module, or internationally or globally
focused material
* produced a 4-hour resource video cassette and supplied
it to all 34 VCCS campuses for use in the classroom and
in faculty development and recruitment for the PIE-
sponsored process of internationalizing additional
courses
during academic year 1991-92
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