Volume 4, Issue 2, 1999
Table of Contents

New Costa Rican Website for Technical Training

In partnership with Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne, the Centro de Investigación y Perfeccionamiento para la Educación Técnica (the Technical Education Research and Training Centre) in Costa Rica launched a new website for technical training. Designed primarily for instructors and administrators of the 80 professional and technical educational institutions in Costa Rica, institutions in other Central American countries will also find this website very useful. It contains references and information on establishing competency-based technical training programs, and on the professional development of instructors. The Education Technology Centre of Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne provided the technical support for the development of the site and the training of the web site designers. The site can be found at: www.competencias.cipet.ac.cr.

Changing International Aid to Education
Global Patterns and National Contexts

International aid to education has been changing in the mid- to late 1990s. Published by UNESCO, Changing International Aid to Education provides a critical perspective on the new frameworks and practices for aid to education. Cost is $47.50. For ordering information, visit the Renouf Publishing Co. Ltd. Internet Catalogue at www.renoufbooks.com or e-mail: order.dept@renoufbooks.com.

Defining International Competencies for the New Millennium

Defining International Competencies, a research paper on prepared by Dr. David Wilson of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, is the twelfth in the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Research Series. This paper examines the results of a survey of the private sector, government and institutions to determine the nature of international competencies. A review of current literature on the topic is also presented. To order, contact CBIE at 220 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 1100, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9, tel: (613) 237-4820 or fax: (613) 237-1073.

Language Course Finder

Check out www.language-course-finder.com for a listing of more than 5,300 institutions teaching 54 different languages in 77 countries. Is your institution listed?

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