Primary Source (http://www.primarysource.org) is offering global education summer institutes open to all K-12 educators. Join us in Boston this summer for a week of engaging lectures and hands-on workshops and come away with new knowledge and practical resources to globalize your classroom.
Teaching for Global Understanding in the 21st Century
July 23 - 27, 2012
http://primarysource.org/globaledsummer
Online orientation dates: Approximately 6 hours, completed between June 22 and July 14
Course time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)
Follow-up session: October 2012 (date TBA)
PDPs offered: 67.5
Graduate credits offered: 3
Cost: $600
Educators are increasingly aware that the challenges of our changing world will require students to think and learn in new ways. In addition to teaching core academic content, our schools need to cultivate key skills: global awareness, critical thinking, media literacy, collaboration, intercultural communication, technological ability, and civic engagement. This course will explore the importance of such skills and will build a case for re-envisioning how we prepare students for an interconnected world. Participants will examine the global economy, the environment, health, social justice, and peace & conflict resolution. Interested participants should be willing to take on a leadership role in their districts and to be advocates for global education across disciplines and grade levels.
Open to all K-12 teachers and administrators
To register or for more information, email registration@primarysource.org
Cultural Proficiency for Today's Diverse Schools: A Multidisciplinary Approach
July 30 – Aug 3, 2012
http://primarysource.org/cultural-proficiency-for-todays-diverse-schools
Online orientation dates: Approximately 6 hours, completed between July 5 and July 26
Course time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: TBA (greater Boston area)
Follow-up session: October 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
PDPs offered: 67.5
Graduate credits offered: 3
Cost: $600
How are new patterns of immigration, residence, and family structure reshaping the nation's demographics and those of local schools and communities? What do "culturally proficient" schools and classrooms look like in this shifting context? In an institute designed for teachers, administrators, and other school staff, we'll take a multidisciplinary and thematic approach as we discuss cultural and racial diversity in schools today. Focal themes will include religion, culture, and language; student and school culture and peer relationships; families, parents, and school involvement; and the legal and socioeconomic challenges facing refugee and immigrant youth and communities. Drawing insights from education research, social policy, and the law, as well as literature, history, the arts, and global studies, we'll gain a deeper understanding of students within their home and community worlds, and develop ideas about how better to connect with them. Classroom practices and school policies that promote achievement for students of all backgrounds will be foregrounded throughout the institute. A field site visit and small team research assignment will be key components of the course.
Open to all K-12 teachers and administrators
To register or for more information, email registration@primarysource.org
For more information about all of our summer institutes, please visit http://primarysource.org/summerinstitutes
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