NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR TEACHING ABOUT ASIA

Application for NCTA 2012 Summer Seminars in the Northwest Region

ALASKA | IDAHO | MONTANA | OREGON | WASHINGTON
 

About NCTA

The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is a national initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching about East Asia in the subject areas of social studies, humanities, history, literature, media/arts, and geography, funded through the generous support of the Freeman Foundation. NCTA offers seminars in East Asian studies, taught by master teachers and East Asia specialists. Seminars in the Northwest are coordinated jointly by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington and its partners in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington; collectively we are known as NCTA-NW. The goal of NCTA is to foster the sustained presence of the teaching and study of East Asia in U.S. K–12 classrooms. In the Northwest region, we work toward this goal by providing an array of professional development programs for K–12 teachers. Teachers in other parts of the country can find out about NCTA offerings in their state by visiting NCTAsia.org.

Seminar Offerings by State

NCTA-NW is offering summer seminars in Ashland, Oregon and Anchorage, Alaska.

NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR TEACHING ABOUT ASIA (NCTA) SEMINARS
OFFERED IN SUMMER 2012

Teaching Japan Since 1945
Anchorage, Alaska

Class Meetings: May 31-June 1, 2012. 5 hours of additional online work.

Middle and high school teachers are invited to join seminar instructors Professor Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage, and Anchorage School District high school teacher Mischell Anderson on May 31 and June 1, 2012, for the NCTA seminar: Teaching Japan Since 1945. The seminar is part of the annual Anchorage School District Summer Academy (ASDSA). This 1-credit seminar (UAA HIST 590) explores the major events and accomplishments of Japan's postwar history as well as the problem of the legacies of Japan's wartime actions and its relationship with the United States, which continues to frustrate efforts to transcend the postwar. Can Japan only be defined in reference to prewar and wartime Japan? Is it possible to achieve the state which allows the adjective "postwar" to be finally
retired. The ASDSA course registration fee will be reimbursed upon completion.

For more information and to apply, please visit the ASDSA website.

East Asia: Great Traditions and Modern Transformations
Ashland, Oregon

Class meetings: Monday – Thursday, 1 pm – 3:50 pm, June 25–28 and July 2–5. Online component: 9 clock hours of additional online work.

The seminar offers upper elementary through high school teachers a 30-hour seminar on the history and cultures of East Asia (traditional and modern) plus demonstrations of nationally-recognized curriculum resources for teaching about China, Japan, and Korea. This East Asia seminar, open to pre-service and in-service educators, is taught by Steve Thorpe from Southern Oregon University (SOU) and Steve Kohl from the University of Oregon together with a panel of excellent guest presenters. Three university credits or professional development credits are available for a fee. A collection of course books and curricular materials are provided to participants in the seminar free of charge.

For more information and to apply, click here.