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The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is sponsoring a series of seminars for high school history, social studies, language, and art teachers with the objective of enhancing the teaching of East Asia-related studies in high school curriculum. The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at The University of Montana is one of 25 national seminar sites for this project, which is funded by the Freeman Foundation, a New York-based educational foundation.
The seminar is approximately thirty hours in length and includes such relevant themes as East Asian history, literature, and culture. The seminar attempts to provide a thorough overview of both pre-modern and modern periods in Asia with a particular emphasis on China and Japan. An interdisciplinary and multi-media approach is employed.
The seminar is divided into three intensive sessions. Each session begins Friday evening and ends Saturday afternoon, totaling 10 to 12 hours. A shorter, fourth follow-up session is also held. Textbooks and other instructional material is provided to participants. Seminar-style discussion is emphasized. Films and videos are shown as part of the course.
Applications to participate in the seminar are invited from high school history, social studies, language, and art teachers in Montana and Northern Idaho. The seminar is limited to 20 teachers.
Each seminar participant commits to:
- attending all three seminar sessions plus the fall follow-up session and preparing appropriately for each session;
- developing and submitting two lesson plans, one during the seminar and one for the follow-up session in which he or she incorporates seminar content and materials into their curriculum;
- implementing seminar content and materials into their courses and, thereafter, sharing acquired knowledge, skills, and materials with school and district colleagues.
In addition to the knowledge gained, each participant will receive:
- approximately $200.00 worth of seminar materials;
- in the school year following the seminar, an additional $200.00 of curriculum materials that are contributed to each participant's school library or research center;
- a stipend adequate to cover lodging, meals, and travel expenses for the seminar and follow-up meeting.
The Mansfield Center has an arrangement with the University of Montana that allows seminar participants to receive two credits of graduate level course work upon completion of all seminar requirements.
For further information, please contact Mansfield Professor Philip West, (406) 243-2063.
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