Workshops

1- Asian Art

Ackland Art museum: Ray Williams, sitting far right. mailto:maxray@email.unc.edu Curator of Education at the Ackland Art Museum will talk about teaching resources on world religions, focusing on Asia. Beth Shaw, standing. mailto:bas5705@email.unc.edu Museum Educator, Ackland Art Museum (962-0479). She will demonstrate to the Phillips faculty how they can integrate museum and art activities into the classroom.

2- Math/Science

Hoon Hong, mailto:hong@math.ncsu.edu Associate Professor in Mathematics at NCSU, originally from South Korea, has lived in Austria for seven years and observed his three children receiving math education in Austria and the United States. He will provide a comparative view of math education during both sessions.

Dan Teague, mailto:teague@odie.ncssm.edu (919-286-3366 ext. 301). Math teacher at NC School of Sciences and Mathematics will provide a talk on mathematics in Japan during both workshops.

Dan Duffy, mailto:dduffy@isis.unc.edu UNC Anthropology Dept. Mr. Duffy will speak about Southeast Asian literature. His focus will primarily be on Vietnam. Second session only. 2:30 - 3:30

3- Literature

 

Afroz Taj, mailto:taj@server.sasw.ncsu.edu and John Caldwell from the Triangle South Asia Consortium http://www2.ncsu.edu/tsac/ will discuss South Asian literature, with a special emphasis on poetry and its music. Both Sessions

Gang Yue, mailto:yuegang@email.unc.edu Assistant Professor, Curriculum in Asian Studies (962-1511). Mr. Yue will talk about Chinese literature. Both Sessions

Almanzo Almonreux

4- Physical Education-Self Defense

Jay Dunbar (968-3936) Tai Chi instructor at UNC-CH is having Almanzo Almonreux, a master teacher in Tai Chi provide instruction during both sessions.

Jo-Ann Spector, mailto:spectors@mindspring.com Hatha House Yoga 5216 Old Chapel Hill Rd, Durham 27707 (489-0516) will provide a session on Yoga from 1:15 - 2:15 pm.

Jun Wong will talk about Tai Chi and provide a number of introductory movements that teachers can participate in during both sessions.


Additional links to Internet information: (In Process - more links to follow)

China: The Complete Reference to China/Chinese-Related Web Sites. You name it, they have it. http://www.aweto.com/china/

Japan: Japan Related Web Links: Living in Japan http://www.panix.com/~tn/j-living.html

India: The India Resources Page http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ind/index.htm More links to information on India http://hpserv.keh.utulsa.edu/~sas/india.html and finaly the Everest of India links, " India WWW Virtual Library" http://webhead.com/WWWVL/India/

National Geographic Information link of great value to K-12 teachers interested in Geography http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ and please look at their Expeditions site at: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/index.html A high speed computer is recommended