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Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Viii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Tabacundo: Battery-Powered Dialogue, James Hoxeng, Alberto Ochoa, Valerie Ickis

Technical Notes

Summary: The purpose of this technical note is to describe and analyze the impact of cassette tape recorders as a feedback and programming technique in a rural radio school program. It describes their introduction into the Radio Mensaje Program in Tabacundo, Ecuador, and examines effects of their utilization.

Letter Fluency Games, Jock Gunter

Technical Notes

Summary: Letter Fluency games are simple, inexpensive devices designed to offer practice in the component skills necessary for literacy. In this note a variety of fluency techniques are discussed.

Estudo Dos Currículos Do Curso De Engenharia Civil Da Escola Politécnica Do Rio De Janeiro: Introdução A Um Método De Analise Quantitativa [A Study Of The Curricula Of The Civil Engineering Program Of The Polytechnic School Of Rio De Janeiro: Introduction To A Quantitative Method Of Analysis], Karl M. Lorenz, Elisabeth Genehr, Elisabeth Drechsel

Karl M Lorenz

O trabalho aplica o Sistema de Analise Quantitativa do Currículo para descrever um conjunto de currículos do Curso de Engenharia Civil da Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro, para os anos de 1810 a 1931.
The work applies a System of Quantitative Analysis of the Curriculum to describe a set of curricula of the Civil Engineering Program of the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, for the years 1810 to 1931.

Estudo Dos Currículos Do Curso De Engenharia Civil Da Escola Politécnica Do Rio De Janeiro: Introdução A Um Método De Analise Quantitativa [A Study Of The Curricula Of The Civil Engineering Program Of The Polytechnic School Of Rio De Janeiro: Introduction To A Quantitative Method Of Analysis], Karl M. Lorenz, Elisabeth Genehr, Elisabeth Drechsel

Education Faculty Publications

O trabalho aplica o Sistema de Analise Quantitativa do Currículo para descrever um conjunto de currículos do Curso de Engenharia Civil da Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro, para os anos de 1810 a 1931.

The work applies a System of Quantitative Analysis of the Curriculum to describe a set of curricula of the Civil Engineering Program of the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, for the years 1810 to 1931.

The Cultural Entry Process In Japan And Mexico – Cultural Factors To Be Considered, David C. Riggs

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is intended to present a triangular cultural comparison of American, Japanese, and Mexican societies. It is written primarily for Americans who plan to live for extended periods of time in either Japan or Mexico, and is written from an American cultural point of view. Included are descriptions of my cross-cultural experiences in the three countries. The main body of the paper deals with the cross-cultural factors which I consider to be the most important to consider when attempting to successfully adapt oneself to living in either Japanese or Mexican society. It is hoped that in some way my …

Credentialism As Monopoly, Class War, And Socialization Scheme: Some Historical Reflections On Modern Ways Of Determining Who Can Do A Job, Paul A. Olson

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Social theorists in earlier periods have looked at credentialing from the perspective of its service to the economic or social system as opposed to its “protection of the public interest.” Adam Smith regarded the long education and the performance tests that the guilds required as monopolistic constraints on production; Karl Marx saw the same guild system as controlled by the propertied classes and uselessly exclusionary; and Emile Durkheim, unlike both Smith and Marx, regarded the occupational group with its entrance requirements as central to the stability of modern society. The application of the principles of Smith, Marx, and Durkheim, in …

A Manpower Planning Process For The Institutions Of Higher Education In The Inter-American Division, Carlos Alberto Archbold

Dissertations

Problem. Manpower Planning is a part of the administrative process of an organization. The Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists operates a program in higher education through eight institutions which serves the countries of the Division. This educational program is not equipped with a planning process that will provide the professional manpower for these institutions as they grow and expand their current offering of programs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe the availability of the professional manpower at these institutions and suggest a manpower planning process to be incorporated in the administrative function of these institutions.

Method. The …