Contact: Sammy McDavid
Ways to internationalize the curriculums of classes from kindergarten through college will be the subject of Mississippi State University workshops led Dec. 6 and 7 by three visiting educators.
Speakers include Lucien Ellington and Richard Rice, co-directors of the Japan Project at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ellington is a former Mississippi high school teacher.
Joining them will be Linda Wojtan, coordinator for the Keizai Koho Center Fellowship Program in Unionville, Conn., and a University of Connecticut instructor. The fellowship program is an international exchange effort of the Keizai Koho Center in Tokyo, Japan, and the Washington, D.C.-based National Council for the Social Studies.
Mississippi State's Center for International Security and Strategic Studies is sponsoring the teacher-enrichment exercises.
On the 6th, a program for university faculty will address the introduction of international content into university-level courses. To begin at 1:30 p.m. in 203 McCool Hall, this session is co-sponsored by the College of Business and Industry's Partnership for the Enhancement of Business Education.
The following day [the 7th], K-12 teachers from around the state are invited to an 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. workshop. Seating for this limited 40-person session is available on a first-come basis. A $40 stipend will be given each participant to help defray travel and classroom material costs. Continuing education credit also is available.
Titled "Japan in the 1990s: A Special Workshop for Mississippi Educators," the K-12 program will meet in Room 2102 of the new Comprehensive Assistive Technology Center, which adjoins the Longest Student Health Center.
For additional information, telephone Brett Brinegar at (601) 325-2028.