Grants/Opportunites!
Great Opportunities for collaborations and
exploration in Social Studies education below:

Social Studies Issues:

Opportunities:
  • For opportunities for discussion with teachers/students other
    states and grants for country to country teacher exchanges go to
    www.civicvoice.org  
  • Want to learn about the world from the comfort of your home?
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GRAD COURSE for TEACHERS
    ONLINE WINTER QUARTER 2010

    EDU T&L 883d Teaching World Cultures and Global Issues
    will be taught totally online (no coming to campus) WI10.

    OVERVIEW   883d is a 3 credit hour graduate course prepares teachers to use online (and other
    resources) from Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Slavic and Eastern Europe to
    teach diverse cultures, world history and literature, and global issues. A focus of the course is
    learning about other cultures and the global status quo through the knowledge, voices, and
    experiences of diverse people around the world. Includes online cross-cultural interaction with
    educators in other countries.

    READINGS   All readings will be online and free.  The course is resource rich.

    ASSIGNMENTS   There are 5 assignments including 1--a discussion based on student bios, 2--small
    group discussions of some readings and websites, 3-- individual projects designed to fit student
    needs, 4 & 5 --choices from a number of online chats, threaded discussions, or Skype discussions
    with cultural consultants from various world regions on student-generated topics.

    REQUIREMENTS   Students will need to access to the course homepage at least twice a week from
    January 4-March 16, and some weeks will need to be online 5-7 hrs in order to complete
    assignments.  Students should have high speed Internet access and some experience with online
    teaching and learning.  

    INSTRUCTOR  Merry M. Merryfield is a professor in social studies and global education at Ohio State.  
    She has been teaching online courses since 1997.  Dr. Merryfield is the winner of 2009 James Becker
    Award for Global Understanding given by the National Council for the Social Studies and the 2009
    Global Scholar award given by the International Assembly of NCSS.

    For more information see http://people.ehe.ohio-state.edu/mmerryfield/ or email the instructor, Merry
    Merryfield at merryfield.1@osu.edu .