ABOUT NCTA

The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is a national initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching about East Asia in social studies, humanities, history, literature, and geography, funded through the generous support of the Freeman Foundation of New York. NCTA offers 30-hour introductory seminars on East Asia, taught by master teachers and East Asia specialists. Seminars in the Northwest are coordinated jointly by the East Asia Resource Center (Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington) and its partners in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

The goal of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia is to foster the sustained presence of the teaching and study of East Asia in US secondary schools by providing seminars for teachers and enrichment activities, including study tours, for seminar alumni.