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Professional Development Program
for Secondary Teachers
Extending Lessons on Japan:
Kentucky Teachers Training Teachers
The Asia Center is pleased to announce that the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership, with additional support from UK and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE,) is underwriting a program to build on the strong foundation of teachers that we have in Kentucky who have experience teaching about Asia . This program is entitled- Extending Lessons on Japan: Kentucky Teachers Training Teachers - and began in the summer of 2006. We have recruited a talented cohort of teachers from across Kentucky to participate.
The first phase of the program consisted of a four-day summer workshop from July 10- 13, 2006 on the UK campus. Participants came with the lesson plans they had already taught about Japan and consulted with KDE's curriculum specialist to learn about directions in standards and core content, and learned more about Japan from UK Japan Studies professors. The teachers built on the lessons they already had experience teaching and prepared them to become online lessons through the Kentucky Virtual High School, by working with web developers at KDE.
The participants are now piloting the online Japan lessons in their own classes and are getting ready to present the content and the techniques of using the online materials to other teachers at professional development conferences and education co-op workshops. By the end of this program, not only will the participants have expanded their knowledge and the resources at their fingertips for teaching about Japan , but more than 500 other teachers will have learned about these online resources and lesson plans as well.
See the Lessons: Go to http://www.kyvs.org. Use log-in and password: japanese
Click on "My Courses" tab and explore "Extended Lessons on Japan."
Send us an email to give feedback on these lessons!
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