SUMMER NEBRASKAN
MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1972
PAGE 2
Children allowed
to create media,
professor says
Elementary school children
are becoming more involved in
the production of their own
instructional media instead of
being passive receivers of media
messages, according to Dr.
Wesley C. Meierhenry,
chairman of the department of
adult and continuing education
at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL ).
Meierhenry spoke last week
at the first "Know Your
Professor" (;rum sponsored by
the elementary education
department at I'M..
Dr. O.W, Kopp, department
chairman, said he plans to have
one "Know Your t'rolessor"
forum each semester to give
students an opportunity to
become better acquainted with
faculty members who have
achieved local and national
distinction in their disciplines.
A Nebraska native,
Meierhenry has been a II N I.
faculty member since 1943. He
is a member of the University's
Teaching Council and is
chairman of the committee
developing the State University
of Nebraska, an educational
television project which will
provide opportunities for
Nebraskans to earn college
credits in their homes.
Meierhenry's international
activities include: member of
the U.S. National Commission
of the U.N. Educational,
Scietific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO);
participant in a Paris meeting
of experts on teaching and
learning sponsored by
UNESCO and the International
Assn. of Universities;
consultant to the University of
Puerto Kico; consultant to the
Territory of Guam in the
revision of its educational
system.
Describing the development
of media use, Meierhenry said
the traditional approach was
teacher-centered.
"The teacher was an active
presenter of materials, ami the
students were passive receivers
of the message in a rigid
environment," he said.
"Materials and resources were
designed to supplement the
teaching process."
According to Meierhenry,
current trends emphasize
student participation in the
production and preparation of
instructional materials.
"We're putting media in the
hands of youngsters," he said.
"Media can be used or created
to express their own feelings
and ideas. Media use today is
characterized by attention to
values and attitudes of
children."
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Students who want to travel
abroad have a consumer
protection agency working for
them at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) - the
International Information
Center.
"We're here to help students
as consumers of international
opportunities," Zoya Zeman,
center coordinator, said.
The center collects and
disseminates information about
international opportunities and
screens programs to find those
that are most economical and
educational, Miss Zeman said.
The center has information
on travel programs, service
projects and volunteer work
abroad, family living programs,
overseas jobs, study programs
and fellowships and, for
foreign students, information
on travel in the United States.
Information also is available
on student transportation and
accommodations. The center
sells international student
identification cards and youth
hostel cards as well as tour
guides to cities.
According to Miss Zeman,
UNL students who travel
abroad do so in connection
with organized study, travel or
religious programs, but most of
them axe hitchhiking, camping
or bicycling on their own. She
said specific statistics were not
available on the number of
UNL students traveling abroad,
Foreign cultures, friends mingle
Learning to appreciate
people for what they are has
been the greatest outcome of
International House during its
first year of operation,
according to Mike Lyster,
International House program
assistant.
"At first, wt were trying to
go loo many directions at once
and got bogged down," I yster
said. Uul a house retreat at the
beginning of second semester
resulted in greater
coordination, a new governing
structure headed by an elected
council ol five studenls and a
live-year plan for general
direction.
"We've managed to create a
place lor cultural exchange in a
normal living environment,"
I yster said. "And it has
become a close community,
with Iricndships close enough
to talk about cultural
differences. I here's a real sense
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International House, located
in 1'iper Hall, was tilled to its
74-studi'nt capacity during the
year. About 50 were" foreign
students, but only 7 of those
were women, I. yster said.
Some 400 foreign students are
nn campus altogether, he said.
I nlerinational House
residents included students
Irom Australia, the Dominican
Republic, I rance, Hong Kong,
India, Iran, Iraq, Italy,
Lebanon, Liberia, I.ybia,
Pakistan, Peru and I aiwan.
According to Lyesler,
International House was the
result of cooperation among
the International Student
Office, the University Housing
Office and individual faculty
and stall members.
"A number of fund-raising
projects throughout the year
allowed us to send people to
visit other international
houses," Lyster said. "One of
the things wc learned is that wc
have one of the best and
probably one of the very few
international houses in the
Midwest, especially with regard
to housing facilities and general
University support."
But the five-year plan calls
for further imporvements.
"Some of the things we'd
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physical changes, like having a
library and nice guest rooms
for visiting dignitaries and
office space for an
international center," Lyster
said.
Immediate plans for fall
include helping new foreign
students get accustomed to the
University and , American
culture and soliciting faculty
interest in International House.
Lyster said the major project
for next year will be an
intensive study of international
communications.
International House has 44
summer session residents, and
most planned activities center
on recreation. Hut it also is
headquarters for two foreign
language study programs,
Irench House and German
House, headed by Gerard
Gardin and William Hrown
respectively,
l.ighteen German students
and sixteen Lrench students
are studying the second year of
their foreign language for six
hours credit in first summer
session.
Hrown said the students are
"totally immersed" in the
language.
The student hears German
all day," Hrown said. "We have
reading and grammar lessons in
German, and the students
speak (ierman at meals."
Lvcning activities include
lilms, slide shows, singing,
culture discussions, picnics and
soccer games all in (ierman.
"I his is definitely a
successful way to learn the
language because people are
not distracted from it; they
give all their attention to k,"
Brown said. "It's a more
relaxed atmosphere than a
classroom, and there's really
quite a lot of esprit de corps
among the students. We don't
have to force them to speak;
they want to."
Hrown said he believes the
language house programs help
students learn more of a
foreign language and retain it
longer.
but nationally, more than a
half million passports were
Issued to students in 1971.
"I'm a Little uncomfortable
about just pouring hordes of
hitchhikers into Europe," Mis:
Zeman said, "so we're trying to
push for more in-depth
experiences."
To do that, the center
sponsors orientation
workshops so persons planning
to travel abroad can get tips
from those who already have
done so. The center also is
compiling a Nebraskans
Abroad handbook with travel
i nformation,
International seminars are
planned in which travelers will
be able to share experiences
they've had in different
cultures. The Center also
sponsors an annual Overseas
Opportunities Fair to display
such information.
Currently, the center is
collecting information for
faculty members on study
tours abroad.
Located at Piper Hall 4124,
the International Information
Center is open weekday
afternoons.
"With Nebraska being as
landlocked as it is, people
don't have an opportunity to
see many different life-styles,"
Miss Zeman said. "People can
expand their horizons by
foreign study and travel."
Robert Rivett, a UNL
student who studied in
Valencia, Spain, first semester
1971, said increased
perspective, not academic
experience, was the greatest
benefit of his semester abroad.
"It was good to know what
it was like to do without a hot
shower every day and the
motor vehicles we depend on
so much," he said. "And I had
a chance to see Americans as
foreigners see us. But I learned
that, basically, people
everywhere are fairly similar."
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