[hr-education-na] Global Studies Teacher Institutes (University of Minnesota)

Please feel free to forward the following information to other K-14
teachers. Scholarships are available for teachers!


GLOBAL STUDIES TEACHER SUMMER INSTITUTES

There is still time to register this summer for professional development.
The Institute for Global Studies and the European Studies Consortium at
the University of Minnesota Teacher Summer Institutes challenge teachers
to combine experience in applying critical thinking and problem-solving
skills to international studies with the knowledge and materials needed to
engage students. The program combines lectures, small group discussions,
film, primary documents, field trips, library, and Internet resources.
Teachers learn content related to the seminar themes, explore related
curriculum materials, and learn new strategies and skills for
incorporating global issues into their curriculum. The Institutes are for
K-14 teachers and take place at the University of Minnesota campus in
Minneapolis.

Lodging:  For non-credit courses, an on campus single dorm accommodation
with air conditioning and shared bathroom is included in the registration
fee. For the Genocide and Human rights credit course, an on-campus single
dorm room package with 3 daily meals, parking and computer lab access can
be reserved for $880 for the two weeks.

Registration:  The Teacher Summer Institutes are funded by a Title VI
grant from the Department of Education. The registration fee includes the
cost of faculty instruction, guest speakers, CEU's and a continental
breakfast. Participants are responsible for textbooks, travel and some
meals. Participants may register for optional course credit. For full
descriptions of the Institutes or to register, please visit
http://igs.cla.umn.edu/outreach/si.htm. Registration is due June 1, 2004.


Equity in Education; June 21-25, 2004

Schools are flourishing with opportunities to learn about universal
cultures, human dignity, and justice. Teachers will explore ways to
implement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in schools,
particularly focusing on the global concepts of "freedom,"
"discrimination," "religion or belief," and "equity in education." This
course will provide a learning experience in which educators can discuss
global standards of human rights and freedom from discrimination and
create opportunities to involve students and their families in teaching
others about cultural traditions and practices from different global
perspectives. The course is being taught by Amalia Anderson, Director of
Latino Community Outreach for the Institute for Agricultural Trade and
Policy, and Kristi Rudelius-Palmer, Co-Director Human Rights Center.
Scholarships of $60 are available to teachers. Non-credit course.
Participants may register for optional 2 credits. Registration: $125


Filling the Empty Space: Performance Training in the 21st Century; June
21-25 and June 28-July 2, 2004

Intended for theatre teachers, this two-week, sixty-hour intensive is a
comprehensive overview of techniques for performance studies in
contemporary theatre. The B.A. Theatre Arts faculty will team-teach a
series of mini-seminars in physical theatre, clowning, puppetry,
text-based acting, voice and speech, music theatre, and auditioning and
career preparation. The goals of the techniques are: to better integrate
training the instrument into introductory performance teaching, to
introduce the creation of performance as holistic and ensemble based
before separating it into constituent components of acting, directing,
design, playwriting, etc.; to introduce performance vocabularies and
techniques that reach beyond conventional American techniques for
realism/naturalism; to better prepare today's performance student for work
and life in theatre in the 21st century. The faculty will include Kari
Margolis of Margolis Brown Theatre; Luverne Seifert of Theatre de la Jeune
Lune; Michael Sommers of Open Eye Figure Theatre; Dr. Elizabeth Nash; Kent
Stephens of Illusion Theatre, and others; many of the techniques that will
be taught are derived from 20th century European teachers like Jacques
LeCoq, Etienne Decroux, Cicely Berry, Patsy Rodenburg, Eugenio Barba, and
others. Non-credit course. Participants may register for optional 3
credits. A $250 scholarship is available for teachers registering for
credit.  Registration: $150


European Urban Models - American Urban Realities; July 6-9, 2004

This institute will examine assumptions and realities about European urban
life, using Amsterdam, London, and Munich as touchstones. It will contrast
these cities with assumptions and realities about U.S. urban life, using
the Twin Cities as a laboratory. Among the many potential topics are: the
scale of the urban landscape; how urban land is used; the
social/ethnic/racial complexion of cities and metro areas; aspects of the
cultural landscape (parks, arts facilities, shopping, recreation). The
course achieves to develop an understanding of the complexity of urban
life and urban culture in the early 21st century, as expressed in quite
different parts of the developed world. Professor Judith Martin, from the
Geography Department at the University of Minnesota, teaches the course.
Scholarships of $60 are available to teachers. Non-credit course.
Participants may register for optional 2 credits. Registration: $125


Genocide and Human Rights - American Urban Realities; July 6-10 and
12-16, 2004

In a collaboration with the University of Minnesota and the International
Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, this program explores the
universality of the issues related to genocide and takes a comparative
approach for understanding the Armenian Genocide, The Holocaust, the
Cambodian Genocide and Rwandan Genocides, and more recent events with
genocidal overtones. Other themes explored include the mass violation of
human rights; women, children, and genocide; how to teach about genocide;
issues of memorialization and representation; and possibilities of
dialogue and reconciliation between perpetrator and victim groups. This
course is taught by numerous national and local scholars in the field,
including Eric Weitz, Taner Akam, Joyce Apsel, Brent Beardsley, Vahakn
Dadrian, Stephen Feinstein, Stephen Astourian, Barbara Frey, and Roger
Smith. Scholarships of $300-400 are available. This is a 4 credit course.
This course may be taken for undergraduate, professional or graduate
credit. You will receive a bill for the appropriate tuition and fees.


Global Perspectives in Examining Population History; July 12-16, 2004

Teachers will learn how to use United States and international census data
to understand vital social and economic issues. We'll study key themes
within the field of population studies, including migration, marriage,
work and family, and ethnic settlement patterns and explore these issues
with original census data. Learning through lectures, classroom
discussion, and hands-on work in a computer lab, teachers will be able to
use web-based t-ools for analyzing census data, apply these techniques to
classroom themes and develop an original course plan for students using
census materials. The course is being taught by Trent Alexander, Ph.D.,
Research Coordinator on census projects and User Support Core Director at
the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota.
Scholarships of $60 are available to teachers. Non-credit course.
Participants may register for optional 2 credits. Cost: $125


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Sarah K. Herzog, Outreach Coordinator
Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota
214 Social Sciences
267 19th Ave South
Minneapolis MN 55455
Phone: 612.624.7346, Fax: 612.626.2242
Email: sherzog@umn.edu
Web:  http://igs.cla.umn.edu



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