Let's Talk About Teaching Abroad

Join The Fourth Cross National Teaching Forum

On Sunday, June 29, 1997, as part of the WACRA Interactive Case Sessions - panel sessions will be held to discuss issues pertaining to teaching across cultures. There will be 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
Conceptual versus Practical Business Experiences and Resource input vs. Learning Objectives in International

Business Education
Teaching Strategic Management in Vietnam
Teaching Market Globalization in Portugal
Multinational Students and the Case Method

Panelists include Dr. Marie Louise Anderson, Iona College, Dr. James Clinton, University of Northern Colorado, Dr. Walt Greene, University of Texas Pan American, Dr. Dave Grisby, Clemson University, all U.S.A., Dr. Franz Egle (CompuServe 100430,2577), Akademie fuer Internationales Management, Mannheim, Germany, Dr. Robert Vichas (e-mail vichas@pub.osf.lt) & Virginija Vaicekoniene, Center of Management Technology & Enterpreneurship, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, Dr. Dorata Simpson, University of Gdansk, Poland.

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

Session Coordinator:

Dr. Carmen Vega-Carney,* AGSIM (Thunderbird), GLENDALE, AZ 85306 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-Cultural 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 who could not attend an understanding of the essential elements of each of the topics...and to participate in an examination of the issues.

Panelists include Dr. Ron Patten, DePaul University, Chicago, U.S.A., Dr. Franz Egle, Akademie fuer fuer Internationales Management, Mannheim, Germany and Dr. Keith Martin, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, U.S.A., and colleagues from Australia, Canada and several Eastern European countries.

Contact Dr. Keith Martin, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 U.S.A. Fax +203-254-4070, E-mail: rkmartin@fair1.fairfield.edu

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