Bringing Asia To Los Angeles
Students:
The Summer Seminar
2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997
Along with other UCLA International units, the UCLA Asia Institute is engaged in educational outreach. For over two decades UCLA International has offered specially-designed seminars for secondary school teachers combining lectures, demonstrations, and curriculum workshops. More than 160 teachers from over 105 schools have participated in the Asia-focused program, which is supported by the United States Department of Education and is the oldest and largest program of its kind in the region. Each year’s program is organized around a particular theme and participants approach the theme in small regional seminars. In addition to these UCLA-based programs we offer district and school site programs, and also work with schools to develop special events such as an "Asian Culture Day. In summer 2003, we partnered with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia to take a group of California teachers to Korea and Japan. We'll be taking another group to East Asia in summer 2004. For information about these programs, please contact Clayton Dube at <cdube@international.ucla.edu> or by calling (310) 825-0007. Brief descriptions of our recent summer programs and links to the seminar websites are below.
The 2003 Seminar
In addition to
exploring classics and important newer works, we'll also looked at how this
literature has been translated into films and television shows and how it
can be used to better understand social relations and cultural norms.
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The 2002 Seminar
For many nations, the period after 1945 was anything but peaceful.
Liberation struggles, civil war, and fierce ethnic and religious conflict
were all part of the ultimate challenge of nation-building and economic construction.
Half the world's people were touched by this complex and ongoing process.
Asia and its people are part of our daily news and the United States has never
been more involved with Asia.
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enrollment application
The 2001 Seminar
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. High 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 redefining
a nation can be. This year our Center is collaborating with the UCLA Center
for Southeast Asian Studies in looking at nation-building in Asia. Click here
to see the seminar flyer. Click here
to see the seminar program.
The 2000 Seminar
The 2000 seminar was aimed at serving the needs of middle school teachers
who need to teach about Asia's early and middle periods. In addition to covering
the major social, political, economic, and cultural developments of these
eras, we discussed teaching materials and methods which have been found useful
in conveying these ideas to students. Among the methods examined are those
involving new media (internet-based, cd-roms, and computer-aided presentations).
Click here to see
the seminar flyer. Click here
to see the seminar program.
The 1999 Seminar
In 1999 we focused on developments in East 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 expert presentations on
the history and culture of the era, as well as sessions devoted to exploring
ways to use new and old technologies to help integrate Asian studies into
the curriculum. Sessions examined East Asian efforts to modernize, roads to
war and revolution, and recent economic and political changes. Participants
learned how they and their students can use web technology to explore these
topics, collaborate on research projects, and present their findings. Click
here to
see the seminar schedule, recommended links, and other activities.
The 1998 Seminar
The 1998 summer program addressed California middle school curriculum needs.
We supplied background information and teaching ideas on the emergence and
development of East Asian cultures in the ancient and medieval periods. Among
the presentations was one showing how teachers can create web-based presentations
for their students and how they can use web bulletin boards to develop student
writing skills and to stimulate student discussion of East Asian topics. Again,
worked to support participants after the seminar concludes. Click
here to see the list of presentations and trips scheduled for the 1998 seminar.
The 1997 Seminar
We interviewed a number of past seminar participants to assess how readily
they have been able to take the content and teaching strategies presented
in the summer seminar into their classrooms. As a result we tailored the 1997
seminar to the specific content and skill development requirements of the
standard California curriculum as well as looking for situations where incorporation
of case studies from Asia would be appropriate (e.g. units on changes in family
organization and units on economic behavior). Click here to see the schedule
for the 1997 seminar. We worked with participants in subsequent weeks
as they designed curriculum units and lesson plans for use with their students.
Some of these lessons will be available at this website.
Fee: The fee for the program is $125 including materials, parking, and field trips.
Credit: Participants who complete all seminar requirements (attendance and participation in all sessions of the seminar and completion of a curriculum development project) are eligible to receive either Los Angeles Unified School District salary advancement credit (4 points) or UCLA University Extension (4 units).
Contact: To discuss the program or to enroll, contact
Clayton Dube
UCLA Asia Institute
(310) 825-0007 cdube@international.ucla.edu
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