Nationalism and Sense of Self in Modern Asia:
A Workshop for Teachers

July 28 - August 9, 2001

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Many Asian nations — especially China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and Vietnam — figure prominently in our daily news. Much of this discussion deals with how their governments and peoples are struggling to redefine their national identity. Secondary school students trying to understand these countries and what it means to be Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, or Vietnamese often lack the tools to contextualize these countries' historical development.  They cannot always appreciate what a complex and often wrenching process nation-building can be.  With the help of the Centers for Southeast Asian Studies and East Asian Studies, this year's UCLA International Studies Summer Institute will help teachers prepare students to think about national change in Asia. 

This workshop examines developments in Asia since 1800, with particular emphasis on understanding the dramatic changes in the region since 1945. Focusing on helping teachers address the California history, social studies, and language arts student performance standards, we will offer presentations on the history and culture of the era, as well as discuss how Asian case studies can be used to explore a variety of issues ranging from the process of coming of age to architectural preservation and environmental protection. Among the planned sessions are ones examining East-West interaction, efforts to modernize, roads to war and revolution, recent economic and political transitions, and continuing debates over human rights. 

Teachers will work with Asia specialists on ways to engage their students in examining nationalism and nation-building in Asia. Two field trips will acquaint teachers with area resources that can aid them in teaching about Asia. During the workshop’s technology sessions, teachers will learn how to use the internet to conduct research and to present information to their students and how to design lessons and units that require students to use the internet to gather information, to collaborate with others to evaluate and synthesize this data, and to share their conclusions. By the end of the program, each teacher will have developed an Asia-focused unit website to use with his or her students.  

Among the technology skills we address are:

a    How to critically evaluate websites

a     Discussion Boards and Email Listserves: how to gather and organize information, and to post text and graphics to facilitate student group projects; and how to use list archives to assess student participation and overall progress.

a    Webpage Construction: how to rapidly convert lecture outlines, reading and discussion questions, charts, and other materials into pages for student access from any internet-connected computer.

Depending on the skill level of participants, we may also pursue:

a     Advanced Web Design: how to design interactive pages using forms to permit students to submit information which will be sorted into class or group interactive databases.

a    Excel and Powerpoint: how to use spreadsheet programs to create tables and graphs, and how to mix text, graphics, and sound in presentations which can also be converted to web pages.  

The cost of the 10 day seminar (7/28, 7/30- 8/3, 8/6- 9) is $100 which includes parking, 4 UCLA Extension units (or 4 LAUSD salary points), materials, and morning refreshments. 

For additional information, contact seminar coordinator Clayton Dube at (310) 825-0007. Visit the CEAS website (http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas) for a wide variety of teaching resources and additional information about the seminar. Contact ISOP Outreach Director Jonathan Friedlander at (310) 206-8631 to enroll.  

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