This 18-month (June 2012-November 2013) project of the Program for Teaching East Asia consists of an online course on this topic in fall 2012 and a four-week study program in Japan, in which teachers can explore this topic in-depth in country in summer 2013. Reflecting new trends in world history and Japan studies such as cross-border interactions and globalization, the project aims to: 1) provide secondary world history teachers with academic, practical, and experiential learning opportunities to deepen their knowledge of Japan's historic and contemporary encounters and exchanges with peoples of East Asia, Europe, and the United States, and 2) enhance the teaching of Japan in world history. Teachers who complete the online course may apply for the Japan study program that follows. Generous grant funding covers the majority of project costs.

Funded by Freeman Foundation funding to the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), the US-Japan Foundation, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, and the US Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program.

 

 

 

 

Cultural Encounters: Japan's Diverse Past and Present.
30-hour Online Course: October 1, 2012 - January 29, 2013.

This online course for middle and high school teachers of world history nationwide examines episodes in Japan's international and intercultural relations from the Nara period to the present, with special attention to Japanese approaches and responses to cross-border movement of peoples, ideas, and materials. Content will address the World History Content Standards and AP World History Course Guidelines.

Thirty teachers are enrolled for the Fall 2012 course, running from October 2012-January 2013. Please check back in January 2013 to see the 2013 schedule for this course.

Funded by the US-Japan Foundation, Freeman Foundation funding to the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, and the Japan Foundation for Global Partnership funding to the J-OPP Project at TEA.

Cultural Encounters: Japan's Diverse Past and Present.
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in Japan: June-July 2013

Teachers who complete the 30-hour online Cultural Encounters course in Fall 2012 will be eligible to apply to this study tour. This four-week study tour, funded through the US Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Groups Project Abroad Program and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) National Coordinating Site at TEA will include study in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kyoto/Nara, and Tokyo/Yokohama at sites of historical and contemporary cultural encounters. Participants will be asked to contribute a modest cost share for the program.