EASC Study Tour 2006
Topic of the Week
Welcome to the "Topic of the Week" series! Each week we will discuss areas of interest or things that need your attention in preparing for the Study Tour to China.
Week 6: Reading Assignments and Curriculum Projects
The following is the reading assignment for the Bloomington orientation May 13-14. Discussions and exercises at that meeting depend on your completing as much of these readings as possible.
Wild Grass : 3rd Chapter (Falun Gong), pp. 185-292
Global Studies China
Introductory material—pp. 2-68
2. The Mao Industry
3. “Inside the New China: Part communist, part capitalist—and full speed ahead”
6. Inside the New China : Little Emperors
8. Holding Up Half the Sky: Women in China
11. Rural Wastelands: Rivers Run Black and Chinese Die of Cancer
18. Where the Broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish
21. Nationalist Fervour Runs Amok
22. Tiananmen: Victory for Capitalism
23. Squeezing Profit from Propaganda
26. China Rising: How the Asian Colossus is Changing our World
27. The Emperor is Far Away: Understanding the Challenges Faced by the New Leadership
29. A big awakening for Chinese rivals: Hong Kong and Shanghai look afar
30. One Country, Two Systems: Getting Beyond Boundaries
River Town/Foreign Babes in Beijing : Read all of whichever book you received
Education in China : Lessons for U.S. Educators : Read all
Education in China : Reforms and Innovations :
Chapter 2, Elementary Education
Chapter 4, Higher Education
Chapter 8, Teacher Education and Teachers
Chapter 10, Education Funding System
Bring Your Curriculum and Outreach Ideas To Bloomington
(Some thoughts on the outreach component of our tour to China from John Frank.)
Colleagues,
Once again, we teachers anticipate a summer vacation filled with projects, study, travel, family, and renewal. Our EASC Study Tour to China will undoubtedly make this summer one to be remembered for its unique experiences and irreplaceable memories. How do we share these experiences with our students, schools, and communities? My role as “Curriculum Consultant” is to assist your sharing of our Chinese experiences with “the folks back home.” I am certain that you, like I, consider this to be the most important outcome of our time spent in East Asia.
When we gather at Indiana University for orientation weekend, please arrive with a written one to two-paragraph statement of your professional goals for the study tour. The statement should answer these questions: “What professional goals do I have for the trip to China this summer? What effects will the tour have upon my classroom, my school, and my community?” I would like to look through your professional goal statements after we arrive and begin to consider how I might assist with the implementation of those goals. Also, later during our orientation, I will discuss the curriculum development guidelines for future Chicago, China, and Bloomington meetings.
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