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2012 Professional Development Opportunities
for Tennessee and North Georgia Teachers

4th Annual Introduction to Asia Conference

Thursday, February 16, 2012

2012 Year of the Dragon

Earn Professional Development Hours and
Become Eligibile for NCTA Sponsored Study Tours

Spring 2012 Online Classes Now Available!

Free, One Day Sessions (Evenings and Saturdays)

Learn from the convenience of your home computer!
Register to attend now!

You will be required to create a Moodle account first, then verify the account by email. Your account gives you access to all simulcast materials and information. If you already have a Moodle account, just sign in when prompted.

NCTA Simulcast Schedule
January – May 2012

January

Tuesday, January 24 
EST: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CST: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

The Mongols in World History

Presenter
Professor Morris Rossabi
Columbia University

Saturday, January 28 
EST:10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
CST: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

The Tale of Genji in Art and Literature

Presenter
Professor Frank Chance 
Professor Linda Chance
University of Pennsylvania

February

Monday, February 6 
EST: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CST: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Dramatic Form in East Asia: Kabuki, Noh, Chinese Opera

Presenter
Professor Farley Richmond
University of Georgia

Thursday, February 9 
EST: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CST: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and the Portsmouth Treaty in World History

Presenter
Professor William Tsutsui
Dean, Dedman College of  Humanities and Sciences
Southern Methodist University

Tuesday, February 28 
EST: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
CST: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Visual Strategies in Japanese Popular Culture: Manga and More

Presenter
Professor Joseph Murphy
University of Florida

March

Thursday, March 1 
EST: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CST: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Education in Japan and East Asia

Presenter
Professor Lucien Ellington
University of Tennessee
at Chattooga

Monday, March 5 
EST: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CST: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Family by Ba Jin: A Window into the Literature of Modern China

Presenter
Professor Kristin Stapleton
University of Buffalo, SUNY

Saturday, March 10 
EST: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
CST:   9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Rethinking the Image of China and Japan in Global History, 1600-1900

Presenter
Professor Benjamin Elman
Princeton University

April

Tuesday, April 24 
EDT: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CDT: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Contemporary Japanese Writers on the World Stage: Murakami, Oe, and Others

Presenter
Professor Joseph Murphy
University of Florida

Thursday, April 26 
EDT: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CDT: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Comparative Confucianism in East Asia

Presenter
Professor Richard Smith
Rice University

May

Thursday, May 3 
EDT: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CDT: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

What Happened to Japan's Economy? Lessons for the US?

Presenter
Professor Lucien Ellington
University of Tennessee -Chattanooga

Monday, May 7 
EDT: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
CDT: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Japanese and Chinese Garden Design

Presenter
 Nancy Hope
 University of Kansas

The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is generously funded by the Freeman Foundation as a multi-year initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about East Asia in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. NCTA is a premier provider of professional development on East Asia. Asia for Educators (AFE) receives funding from the US Department of Education.

Advantages of Participation

  • A deeper understanding of East Asia and how to teach about it
  • Complimentary online and print curriculum materials for all participants
  • Accumulate NCTA points for future East Asia study tours*
  • Accepted participants may attend some or all of the sessions although benefits vary with the number of sessions attended
*Teachers who have been on a previous NCTA study tour are not eligible to accumulate points.

Learn about East Asia through working with eminent scholars from throughout the United States from your home computer. These simulcasts are open to both NCTA alumni and teachers who have not previously participated in an NCTA-sponsored program.

 

For further information about the NCTA Chattanooga summer seminar, please contact:

Peggy Creswell
Assistant Director, Asia Program
302 Pfeiffer Stagmaier Hall
Dept. #2222, 615 McCallie Avenue
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: (423) 425-2118
Fax: (423) 425-5441
Email: edast@utc.edu