National Consortium for Teaching about Asia

 

With funding from the Freeman Foundation, five university centers for East Asian Studies have formed the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. 

 

The purpose of the Consortium is to work with states and school districts to enhance instruction on Asia  in the curriculum, especially most often required world history, social studies and geography courses.

 

The national coordinating centers for the Consortium are Columbia University, the University of Washington,the University of Colorado, Indiana University, and Five College Center for East Asian Studies at Smith College.  Columbia University will serve as the coordinating center for the regional NCTAN.

 

NCTAN is a partner to Columbia University and will conduct a series of intensive sessions on East Asia for middle and high school teachers in the context of; Arts, Social Studies, World History, Geography, World Literatures and Cultures.

 

The NCTAN 2004-05 Seminar will be limited to 25 North Carolina teachers. We encourage participation by two or more teachers per school. In service teachers must also teach about East Asia and plan on completing 35 hours of instruction. It is most important that the workshop schedule is reviewed and plans made to attend the three Saturday sessions. Participants will also rate each workshop through written evaluation collected at the end of the session.

North Carolina Teaching Asia Network (NCTAN) 2004-06

Bogdan T. Leja

International Liaison Officer
University Center for International Studies

University of North Carolina

223 East Franklin St., CB#5145

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5145

Tel: (919) 962-0299 Fax: (919) 962-5375

Email: leja@email.unc.edu

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