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Avila UniversityFrom Genocide to Regeneration: An Exploration of Rwandan Social Justice Issues through the Lens of Education Project Type: Short-Term Seminar Host Country: Rwanda Amount of Time in Country: 4 weeks Number of Participants: 13 (including at least seven public school K–12 humanities and social science educators; five Avila University undergraduate juniors, seniors, or graduate certification students who are pre-service education candidates in the areas of social science or humanities; and up to one educational administrator who has curricular responsibility over the teaching of area studies) Project Director: Karen Garber-Miller, Ph.D., Dean and Professor of Education, Avila University School of Education, 11901 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64145; Tel: (816) 501-3663; E-mail: karen.garber-miller@avila.edu Abstract: The proposed Group Project Abroad, From Genocide to Regeneration: An Exploration of Rwandan Social Justice Issues through the Lens of Education, seeks to build on Avila University’s growing area and global studies offerings to promote the integration of African studies into the K–12 curriculum at all levels, increase the cultural competency of American educators and students, and provide an in-depth study of the culture and history of Rwanda through the lens of education and social justice issues. This three-phase project includes more than 16 hours of pre-departure orientation, a four-week study tour of Rwanda featuring first-person engagement and cultural immersion opportunities, and post-trip follow-up and dissemination activities, which will include a day-long Rwandan Genocide and Social Justice Issues Seminar for K–12 educators in the greater Kansas City area. Through the project, participating educators will:
Competitive Preference Priorities: The proposed project meets the absolute priority, because it focuses on Africa. As a new applicant to the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program, Avila University meets Competitive Preference Priority 1. Avila also meets Competitive Preference Priority 4 because it plans to ensure that at least 50 percent of program participants are K–12 teachers. At least seven of the thirteen participants will be K–12 educators teaching social science or humanities. Benedict CollegeKamtok: Connecting Cameroonian and African American History, Language, and Culture Through Diaspora Literacy Project Type: Short-Term Curriculum Development Host Country: Cameroon Amount of Time in Country: 4 weeks Number of Participants: 13 (6 PhD, 4 M.Ed., 3 BA) Project Director: Dr. Ronnie Hopkins, Benedict College, ronnie.hopkins@benedict.edu Projected Start Time: January 10, 2017 Grant period: March 2017 - April 2018 Pre-departure Phase: January 10-May 18, 2017 Overseas Phase: May 18-June 18, 2017 Follow-up Phase: July 11, 2017- April 30, 2018 Abstract: Benedict College requests funding for a Curriculum Development Project from the Fulbright-Hays Groups Project Abroad Program. The project - Kamtok: Connecting Cameroonian and African American History, Language, and Culture Through Diaspora Literacy – will involve a 13-member Curriculum Development Team that is a consortium of K-12 educators and higher education faculty. The project will focus on language and area studies to build knowledge, develop international relationships, and collect materials to be used in the construction of curriculum for K-12 classrooms and of college courses. The 13 project participants will include six K-12 classroom teachers, one K-12 administrator from high need LEAs (local education agencies), one community member, and five college faculty members who work in preservice education and curriculum development, including the former Director of the Office of Teacher Effectiveness of the South Carolina State Department of Education. The project director, Dr. Ronnie Hopkins, brings to the project expertise in teaching English Language Arts, reading and composition theory, African American language and literacy, the education of African American students, and has previous experience in Central West and West Africa, including Cameroon. He will be assisted by a Host Country Convener and two Coordinators who are residents of Cameroon and cultural and language scholars of Saint Monica University, Buea, Cameroon. Dr. Gloria Boutte will serve as a Co-Organizer and brings a strong background in African Diaspora Literacy. Participants are required to have a rudimentary background and interest in African Diaspora Literacy. They will commit to further study prior to, during, and following the Cameroonian trip and to the development of and dissemination of related curricula. This project is critical not only to education in South Carolina, but to schooling across the United States because of direct links between Cameroonian Kamtok and language use in South Carolina as well as the larger African American community across the United States. This knowledge, while widely researched and reported on in the academic literature is woefully absent from curricula in schools, colleges, and preservice teacher education programs alike. In Cameroon, participants will gain firsthand knowledge to support their development of curricula. This project addresses: Competitive Priority 1 (Minority-Serving Institutions) and Competitive Priority 4 (Inclusion of K-12 Educators). Directory: programs -> iegpsgpa programs -> Summaries of Relevant Studies Reviewed by the Department That Meet the Standard for Moderate Evidence of Effectiveness programs -> Project Scoring Template Pre-Construction Phase New Core/Branch Campus Projects programs -> University of Hawai‘i Maui College dental assisting program review october 21, 2013 programs -> Invitation for Bid Calact/mbta for Standard Floor and Low Floor Rural Duty Vehicles ifb no. 12-03 November 14, 2012 programs -> Schedule of Events for 2014-2015 Camp Trotter vts & Golf June 20-22, 2014 programs -> Interpreting Weather Satellite Data Introduction programs -> Canadian Forces (CF) programs -> China News in Brief August, 2011 programs -> Kerry B. Dumbaugh iegpsgpa -> Table of Contents Plan of Operation 1 Download 153.36 Kb. Share with your friends:
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