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Revision with unchanged content. Beulah Rohlich once noted that educators have believed for many years that in ternational programs were an enriching experience but very few if any could explain what that meant. The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the impact of international exchange and training programs on pedagogical prac tices of their participants. Interviews with international program alumni from Russia and the United States, author s observations and personal ex pe rience provide unique opportunity for understanding how participants of in ter national programs implement, institutionalize, transfer, share and sustain the experiences, skills and knowledge that they obtain during their programs. This work is addressed to a diverse audience: researchers will find here rich da ta and methodologies for further studies in the areas of international, com pa rative, and civic education; international program developers, organisers, and coordinators will find sound advice how to improve exchange and trai ning programs and make them more meaningful; future international ex change participants will find a couple of sincere answers to myriads of ques tions that they have before they commence a jorney to fields unknown .

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Ph. D.,Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Purdue University College of Education: for 20 years worked as teacher and school administrator, coordinated and organized a number of international exchange programs for educators. Areas of interest: international education, comparative education, citizenship education.

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