Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
China / East Asia at ECIS 2012
Clayton Dube of the USC U.S.-China Institute and a team from the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education will discuss key concepts and suggest approaches to teaching about China's history, its present, and its place in the contemporary world.
As part of the 2012 annual conference of the European Council of International Schools, Dube and the SPICE team will address:
Nov. 22: 8:30 am - 4 pm
Why China Matters; Early Chinese History and Philosophy; China's Cultural Revolution; Contemporary Urban and Rural China; and China and the World
Nov. 23: noon - 1:30 pm
Population Trends and Asia's Past, Present, and Future
Nov. 24: 4:15-6:15 pm
Democracy in Asia: Successes and Failures
Registration is required. Go to www.ecis.org for details.
Clayton Dube is executive director of the USC U.S.-China Institute. Naomi Funahashi, Rylan Sekiguchi, Jonas Edman, and Johanna Wee are curriculum writers and teacher trainers at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education. USCI and SPICE are also partners in training teachers through the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.
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