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A Proposal for An Online International Seminar
on International and Cross-Cultural Education
[known at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)
as the Graduate Seminar EDU 557]
proposed by
David L. Stoloff, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Education Department,
Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street, Classroom Building Room TBA, Willimantic, CT 06226
tel. no. (860) 465 - 5501;  fax. no. (860) 465 - 4538
email:  stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu
WWW:  http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/stoloff.html
[for information on online registration, please contact either OnlineCSU or Dr. David Stoloff]

Dates:     January 25 - May 22, 1999

Catalog description:
Global as well as area study of the nature of cultures and educational systems in industrialized, democratic nations, socialist societies and Third World Countries around the world. 3 credits

Goals of this section:
Designed to create an international seminar on issues affecting education in all forms, develop a forum for teachers/educators to develop friendships and professional understandings across borders, compare education in our nations and to build collaborations internationally and to push the parameters on distance learning and professional conversations.

Participants:   PK-12 teachers, teacher educators, graduate students, community members interested in issues in education in Canada, Mexico, the United States, and other nations.   Participants are expected to have access to email and the World Wide Web.

Graduate Credits:    3 credits (the equivalent of 45 hours of online participation as a seminar and 90 hours of preparation, reading, and student projects online for the course)

Registration:    Participants would enroll by contacting OnlineCSU.

Please contact David Stoloff if you have any questions about this course and/or other online courses offered in Education through OnlineCSU.

Topics to be Discussed:

Comparative study of participants' classrooms

International exchange programs on the classroom level

Comparative case studies in
Multicultural Education
Bilingual Education
Majority-Minority Relations
Cross-Cultural Education

Comparative and International Education as a Field of Study
Extra-governmental agencies (World Bank)
International Education
Education and Development
Forms of Education

Peace Education
Planning for the Future of Education

Sample assignments for participants in the seminar:

1) Every week, participants would be expected to send news about education to all of the participants via a listserv and comment on a news item from other nations.

2) Participants will also be gathered electronically across nations for small group discussions on topics of interest to their specific area of education, i.e. teacher education, elementary education, science education, educational technology.  The notes on these small group discussions will be collected for publication on the web.

3) Each local site will have a reading list of topics on issues in international education to which students would also be expected to respond, in light of the international seminar discussions.

If you are interested in participating in the development of this international seminar on Education, please contact David Stoloff with your comments and suggestions.