June
July
August
JUNE
LIFE CYCLE RITUALS AND
TRADITIONS ACROSS CULTURES
2008 Jackson School Summer Seminar
for Educators
June 25-26, 2008
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
The Outreach
Centers at The Henry M. Jackson School of International
Studies invite you to attend the annual Summer Seminar
for Educators. This year’s seminar, "Life Cycle Rituals
and Traditions across Cultures" will focus on the major
rites and rituals that underpin cultures around the world
and that create community identity. With presentations
featuring anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and
political scientists, this seminar will also encourage
teacher-participants as they work together designing
classroom strategies centered on the seminar’s theme. This
two-day seminar is designed for middle school, high school,
and community college educators.
MORE
INFORMATION:
For
more information, please contact: Felicia Hecker: (206)
543-4227 or
fhecker@u.washington.edu.
REGISTER:
The registration
fee is $95** (non-refundable), which includes 16 WA State clock hours, and
lunches. Registration deadline is June 16. Transportation stipends are available.
Download the registration form.
JULY
A limited number of
scholarships for housing in the UW dormitory are now
available for out-of-town participants!
PERSPECTIVES ON
EAST ASIA FOR TEACHERS: CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
A Summer Course for K-12 Educators
July 23–August 22, 2008
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
This summer, the UW East Asia Resource Center (EARC) and
Japan Studies, in partnership with the College of Education,
have teamed up to design an intensive course on Japan. For
pre- and in-service K-12 educators, Perspectives on East
Asia for Teachers: Contemporary Japan is a month-long course
that will give educators an outstanding grounding in Japan
studies and in curricular strategies for bringing Japan into
the classroom.
UW Japan scholar Andrea Arai and master teacher Pat Burleson
will teach the course; Professor Arai will lead daily
lecture-discussion sessions, and Ms. Burleson will teach
classroom application sessions that build on the material
covered in the lectures and guide educators in creating a
culminating project such as a CBA or unit. The
lecture-discussion component covers topics in Meiji Japan up
to the present, tracing the development of Japan’s modern
institutions. Lecture topics on contemporary Japan—including
education, women, work, religion, the bursting of the
bubble, politics, and Japan in the world—explain why things
are the way they are in Japan today.
MORE INFORMATION: For more information, please
contact Mary Cingcade by calling (206) 543-1921 or e-mailing
earc@u.washington.edu.
APPLY: Six credits or 60 clock hours are available.
The course is offered at a reduced rate of $187**, thanks to a
grant from the Freeman Foundation. For application
information,
click here.
AUGUST
Classroom
Development Strategies for Japanese Language Instruction
HbCC Summer Institute
August 4-7, 2008 ~ 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Roosevelt High School
1410 NE 66th, Seattle, WA
In this HBCC Summer Institute, participants will learn how
to use a variety of resources to incorporate culture into
the standards-based Japanese language classroom. Through
integrating the rich cultural history of Japan in quizzes,
activities and learning, both students and teachers can take
a more holistic approach to their learning of Japanese in
the classroom. Instruction and activities will be based on
lectures, presentations, pair/group work, and homework
assignments.
HBCC Summer
Institute instructors include: Hiroko Kataoka (Ph.D.,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Professor,
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California
State University, Long Beach; and Yasuhiko Tosaku (Ph.D.,University
of California, San Diego) Professor, Graduate school of
International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of
California, San Diego.
MORE INFORMATION: For more information, please
contact please call the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center
at (206) 728-0610 or e-mail John Charlton
john@hyogobcc.org.
REGISTER: The cost of registration is $80
(non-refundable after deadline), which includes 24 WA
State clock hours. Registration deadline is July 15.
To register, please visit the
Hyogo Business and Cultural Center Web site.
**Your payment will be processed by Student Fiscal
Services (SFS) at the University of Washington. SFS processes
checks electronically using the information on the check to
create an electronic funds transfer. Each time you send a
check, you authorize a one-time transfer where funds will be
electronically withdrawn from your bank account. You will not
receive your cancelled check as SFS is required to destroy the
check after it has been processsed. For more information or to
stop the conversion of your check, please contact SFS at (206)
543-4694 or email at
sfshelp@u.washington.edu.