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Fall 2015: Program for Teaching East Asia - Online Course Registration Opens
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The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and the Program for Teaching East Asia (TEA) at the University of Colorado at Boulder and announce registration opening for the following fall 2015 online courses:
Precarious Japan: Global Issues in Contemporary Japan | Application Deadline: September 9, 2015
Course dates: September 17 - December 2, 2015
In this 20-hour course, secondary classroom teachers will look at how crucial social, economic, and security issues are affecting and being addressed in contemporary Japan. Participants will discuss instruction about these issues as they explore a variety of secondary and Japanese primary sources, including TV dramas and short stories, and hold video conversations with Japanese preservice teachers. Details and application.
Course dates: September 17 - December 2, 2015
In this 20-hour course, secondary classroom teachers will look at how crucial social, economic, and security issues are affecting and being addressed in contemporary Japan. Participants will discuss instruction about these issues as they explore a variety of secondary and Japanese primary sources, including TV dramas and short stories, and hold video conversations with Japanese preservice teachers. Details and application.
China Under Mao: Modernization, Mobilization, and Mass Campaign
Course dates: September 21 - December 21, 2015
Open to secondary classroom teachers nationwide who teach about modern China, this four-module online seminar examines the social, cultural, political, and economic changes in China under the leadership of Mao Zedong by looking at two of his most far-reaching and impactful mass campaigns: the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The seminar will provide essential background, contemporary scholarship, and primary sources to better understand and more effectively teach the causes and effects of these campaigns. Details and registration.
Course dates: September 21 - December 21, 2015
Open to secondary classroom teachers nationwide who teach about modern China, this four-module online seminar examines the social, cultural, political, and economic changes in China under the leadership of Mao Zedong by looking at two of his most far-reaching and impactful mass campaigns: the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The seminar will provide essential background, contemporary scholarship, and primary sources to better understand and more effectively teach the causes and effects of these campaigns. Details and registration.
NCTA Book Group: China in Ten Words, by Yu Hua
Course dates: October 5 - December 12, 2015
Yu Hua’s novel To Live is a classic used in many secondary classrooms. Explore a different side of this controversial Chinese writer by exploring the critical and contentious essays in his 2011 publication China in Ten Words. Yu writes about life in the PRC as it undergoes rapid changes, growing social and economic divides, and reform campaigns and their underlying issues. Due to content of the essays, book group preference will be given to high school social studies and literature teachers who teach about China. Details and registration.
Course dates: October 5 - December 12, 2015
Yu Hua’s novel To Live is a classic used in many secondary classrooms. Explore a different side of this controversial Chinese writer by exploring the critical and contentious essays in his 2011 publication China in Ten Words. Yu writes about life in the PRC as it undergoes rapid changes, growing social and economic divides, and reform campaigns and their underlying issues. Due to content of the essays, book group preference will be given to high school social studies and literature teachers who teach about China. Details and registration.
Modern Chinese Literature 1980-2000
Course dates: September 16 - October 21, 2015
Emerging from the Mao era, during which artistic creativity was hindered and punished, the early 1980s opened up new avenues of expression for authors who experimented with new forms, themes and voices. Explore the rapid changes that took place in the first twenty years of China's reforms through short stories that can be read with students to delve into this period of social, political, and ideological change. Co-sponsored by the NCTA sites at TEA and Asia for Educators at Columbia University, this five-week book group will consider approximately 12 short stories from the late 20th century in five one-week sessions. Register here.
Course dates: September 16 - October 21, 2015
Emerging from the Mao era, during which artistic creativity was hindered and punished, the early 1980s opened up new avenues of expression for authors who experimented with new forms, themes and voices. Explore the rapid changes that took place in the first twenty years of China's reforms through short stories that can be read with students to delve into this period of social, political, and ideological change. Co-sponsored by the NCTA sites at TEA and Asia for Educators at Columbia University, this five-week book group will consider approximately 12 short stories from the late 20th century in five one-week sessions. Register here.
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