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Global Awareness in Teacher Education (GATE) Fellows
Preparing Teachers to Teach About the World
Asia Society Panel PresentationJ. Randy McGinnis
July 11, 2008
GATE Fellows Program
• GOAL: To support increased attention to global perspectives in our teacher education program through
– individual projects and
– a collective contribution to the College’s priority of internationalization
GATE Fellows Program
• Modeled on the Lilly-Council on Teaching Excellence (CTE) Teaching
Fellows program for faculty development and dialogue
• Supported by a grant from the Longview Foundation
GATE Fellows Program
Mandates for GATE Fellows:
• Conduct projects to internationalize teacher education in the College of Education
• Individually receive a stipend and a small amount for curriculum development
• Lead a capstone conference in November, 2008 on internationalizing teacher education
GATE Fellows Program
From left: Rebecca Oxford, Jeanne Galbraith, Jing Lin, J. Randy McGinnis, Roberta Lavine, and Jennifer Turner, GATE Fellows; Saul Sosnowski,
Associate Provost for International Affairs and Director, Office of International Programs (and major GATE supporter); Lisa Swayhoover, Graduate Assistant, GATE Fellows Program; and Jim Greenberg, GATE Fellows Program Director.
Missing: Jeanine Staples, GATE Fellow.
Who Are the GATE Fellows?
• Jeanne Galbraith, Human Development (Early Childhood Education)
• Roberta Lavine, Arts & Humanities: Spanish and Portuguese / Education: Curriculum and Instruction (Second Language Education and Culture)
• Jing Lin, International Education Policy
Who Are the GATE Fellows?• J. Randy McGinnis, Curriculum and
Instruction (Science Education)
• Rebecca Oxford, Curriculum and Instruction (Second Language Education
and Culture)
• Jeanine Staples, Special Education
• Jennifer Turner, Curriculum and Instruction (Reading)
JEANNE GALBRAITH
Human Development
Project: Exploring International Perspectives in Early Childhood Education
JEANINE STAPLES
Special Education
Project: Toward an Interpretive Social Action Framework Against Global Linguistic Violence for Reading/ English/Language Arts Teacher Candidates
ROBERTA LAVINE
Spanish and Portuguese / Curriculum and Instruction
Project: Developing Electronic Relationships Internationally
JING LIN
International Education Policy
Project: Co-Creating an International Honors Course: “Great Thinkers East and West: Cultural and Educational Dialogues” (with Rebecca Oxford)
J. RANDY McGINNIS
Curriculum and Instruction
Project: Internationalizing the Preparation of Science Teachers by Application of a Climate Change Module in an Undergraduate Science Methods Course (with Emily Hestess)
REBECCA OXFORD
Curriculum and Instruction
Project: Co-Creating an International Honors Course: “Great Thinkers East and West: Cultural and Educational Dialogues” (with Jing Lin)
JENNIFER TURNER
Curriculum and Instruction
Project: Learning about Global Diversity through Multicultural Literature in a Graduate Reading Course
Forthcoming Capstone EventCollege of Education Conference on Global Awareness
in Teacher Education (By Invitation)November, 2008
Purposes: Share principles and tangible practices for internationalizing teacher education,
including our GATE Fellows Projects
Demonstrate leadership in internationalizing teacher education
Find out how others are internationalizing teacher educationin the University of Maryland System and in K-12 faculty development
Develop networks for supporting greater internationalization of teacher education
Forthcoming Capstone EventPossible Participants (tentative list only):
GATE FellowsCollege of Education Departments and Dean’s Office
Departments in Other Colleges Collaborating in Teacher Education
University of Maryland Office of International Programs Faculty from Other Universities in the University of
Maryland SystemK-12 Teachers and K-12 Faculty Developers
Who Deserves Our Applauseand Appreciation?
• Jim Greenberg, Program Director
• Lisa Swayhoover, Graduate Assistant / Resource Specialist
Who Deserves Our Appreciation?
Betsy Devlin-Foltz, Executive Director Longview Foundation
Our Funder
8639 B Sixteenth Street, Box 211 Silver Spring MD 20910
301-681-0899 http://www.longviewfdn.org/
Who Deserves Our Applauseand Appreciation?
Excerpts from the Mission of the Longview Foundation for World Affairs
and International Understanding
• Eliminating global poverty, solving international conflicts, working in new markets, and addressing global health and environmental problems require international knowledge and cooperation.
• In our increasingly diverse communities in the United States, knowledge of other cultures is essential to strengthening our own democracy.
The UM GATE Fellows Agree!
Possible Futures
• As GATE FELLOWS, we want to continue learning and to share what we know
• We plan to be leaders and catalysts in internationalizing teacher education
• We want to connect our efforts to the internationalizing of the entire campus (see new Strategic Plan)
Possible Futures• Examples of possible follow-up projects
mentioned by some of our GATE Fellows:– Increasing the number of internationalized teacher
education courses in the College
– Leading international study tours for faculty and administrators
– Conducting summer and winter term courses overseas for teacher candidates (example: taking teacher candidates to visit schools and assist in short-term teaching in China)
– Researching the internationalizing process
Acknowledgments
Rebecca Oxford, who developed the GATE Fellows PowerPoint from which this presentation was drawn.