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Seminar Series
Partnership to Prepare Global and International Educators
All seminars are free and open to the public

Friday, March 14
"Problems and Possibilities in Science Teaching Around the World: China, Korea, Lebanon and Kenya"
Noon-1:30 p.m.
222 Erickson Hall
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Panelists:
China: Hui Jin, doctoral student, TE, Jing Chen, doctoral student, TE, and Li Zhan
Korea: Hosun Kang, doctoral student, TE
Lebanon: Hayat Farid Alhokayem, doctoral student, TE
Kenya: Kennedy Mongare Onyancha, doctoral student, TE
Coordinators: Charles W. Anderson, Edward L. Smith, Kathy Roth and Amy Lark
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Tuesday, February 26
"Bridging the Cultural Gaps: Local Responses to National Refugee Issues"
6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Kiva, Erickson Hall, MSU
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Panelists:
Shirin Timms - Director of Lansing Refugee Development Center
Sergio Keck - Director of Bilingual Education Program, Lansing School District
Daniel Bang - MSU Sophomore, service-learning at Great Lansing Islamic School in Fall 2007
David Deng - MSU Junior, resettled in the U.S. from Sudan
Roya Omari - Junior student, East Lansing High School, resettled in the U.S. from Afghanistan

Organized by Dr. Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, Shih-pei Chang and the TE250 instructor team, and the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Sponsored by the Partnership to Prepare Global and International Educators, the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH), the Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions (OCAT) at MSU, and an MSU Creating Inclusive Excellence grant. Special acknowledgement to MSU's Center for Service-learning and Civic Engagement and the Lansing Refugee Development Center.
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Wednesday, February 13
"Studying the Preparation of Mathematics Teachers Cross-Nationally:
An Interim Report from the Teacher Education and Development Study (TEDS-M)"
by Teresa Tatto, Sharon Senk, and Jack Schwille
3:30 - 5:00
252 Erickson Hall, MSU campus
Organized by the Division of Mathematics and Science Education at MSU
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
"The Many Faces of Global Education: Contested Visions"
by Dr. Elizabeth Heilman, Michigan State University
Noon-1:00
Room 133-F Erickson Hall, MSU campus
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View presentation
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
"Culturally Contested Literacies: America's 'Rainbow Underclass' and Urban Schools"
by Dr. Guofang Li, Michigan State University
Noon-1:00
Room 252 Erickson Hall, MSU campus
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
"Using Cultural Universals as an Approach for Revitalizing Elementary Social Studies"
by Dr. Janet Alleman, Michigan State University
11:00-noon
Room 252 Erickson Hall, MSU campus
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
"Why not global education? Moving global education into place, towards intimacy, and with beauty"
by Dr. William Gaudelli, Teachers College, Columbia University
10:30-noon
Room 252 Erickson Hall, MSU campus
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Other Seminar Series at MSU (Spring 2008)
African Studies Center Brown Bag Series
Thursdays, noon-1:00, 201 International Center

Asian Studies Center Seminar Series
Dates vary, please visit the Asian Studies Center website for information: www.asia.msu.edu

Center for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID)
& Women and International Development (WID) Brown Bag Series
Fridays, noon-1:00, 201 International Center

Center for Gender in a Global Context (GenCen)
New Research on Women and Gender: Global and Local Perspectives Series
Fridays, 1:30-3:00 pm, 305 International Center

Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies "Charla" Seminar Series
Wednesdays, 3:00-4:50, 201 International Center

Detroit Council for World Affairs (DCWA)
Center for Peace & Conflict Studies at Wayne State University, concerned with education in U.S. foreign policy and international politics.

World Affairs Council of Western Michigan
Headquarters in Grand Rapids, dedicated to educating people in western Michigan about other countries, cultures and regions of the world, as well as providinga forum for discussion of critical foreign policy issues facing this country.