Arkansas secondary world history, world geography, world literature and art teachers are sought to participate in a noncredit East Asian history seminar sponsored by Columbia University and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA). It will be taught at the Northeast Education Coop in Walnut Ridge. The seminar, underwritten by the Freeman Foundation, pays teachers a stipend of $500 upon completion of the 30-hour program and submission of three lesson plans for their discipline.
Each participating teacher receives classroom and library materials on East Asian history valued at $200, and each teacher’s school library receives $300 worth of materials on East Asian history.
Dr. Eugene Corcoran of the University of Central Arkansas History Department will teach the course. The Arkansas International Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is administering the course and recruiting the teachers. The course will be offered in June at the Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative in Walnut Ridge located at 211 West Hickory. It will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (with an hour off for lunch) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, June 7, 9, 11, 14, 16 & 18 and one follow-up session in November, for a total of 30 hours. The course covers China and Japan, with lesser attention on Korea. The application deadline is May 1, 2004.
This program is being offered nationwide on a state-by-state basis. This is the fourth year for the course to be offered in Arkansas. For further information, contact Dr. Walter Nunn, Director of the Arkansas International Center at UALR, by e-mail at whnunn@ualr.edu or by phone at 501-569-3515.