What Do You Know about Asia? China, Japan and Korea
A K-12 Teacher Training Workshop
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8:30 - 9:00am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 - 9:10am |
WelcomeCindy Carlson, Grants and Outreach Coordinator, APSI, Duke University |
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9:15am - 12:15pm with breaks |
What do you know about Korea? Korea is a country with a long and dramatic past. To
be fully educated on East Asia, our students must be able to differentiate
Korea from the other East Asian countries. To underscore this sense of
Korean uniqueness, Professor Maureen Maguire Lewis will present an
interactive exercise, based upon a collection of Korean artifacts--The
Korea Box-- that represent important aspects of culture and history. Next, a short written and visual history
of Korea through slides and lecture will be presented. Copies of the
written materials will be provided for all workshop attendees. |
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12:15-1:30pm |
Lunch |
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1:30-4:30pm with breaks |
Teaching about Buddhism in
Asia Since its inception in India in the fifth century BCE, various forms of Buddhism have arisen across Asia. This session of the program will provide an introduction to those practices, rituals, and doctrines that are foundational for most types of Asian Buddhism. We will also examine specific types of Buddhism in Japan in order to demonstrate the diversity of the tradition. Finally, we will discuss the resources available for stimulating classroom discussion of Buddhism and other Asian religions. SLIDES Buddha (Doctrine) |
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
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8:30-9:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-12:00pm with breaks |
Village Elections: Roots
of Democracy in China Emerson Niou,
Professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University Calls for democracy in China appear
frequently in speeches made by diplomats, human rights activists, and others.
The spread of democracy to China, it is argued, will promote respect for
human rights, safeguard economic development, and bolster the prospects for
regional and global peace and prosperity. Although China does not have a
democratic tradition, it comes as a surprise to many that significant
democratic developments are taking place in the People’s Republic of China
(PRC). Following more
than a year of debate, the PRC’s National People’¦s Congress in 1987 passed a
provisional law on village committees, the Organic Law of the Village
Committees. The law stipulates that
village committee members be directly elected by the villagers for terms of
three years. These elections are
significant because the popularly elected village committees are responsible
for overseeing most of the day-to-day affairs of the village people. This session provides an introduction to
some popular electoral systems used in the Chinese village committee
elections and surveys how widespread and how democratic village elections are
in rural China. |
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12:00-1:00pm |
Networking Lunch Asian history survey courseSpeaker: Ms. Anne Miller, Southeast Raleigh High School North Carolina Teaching Asia Network (NCTAN) Speaker: Prof.
Yoko Kano, Academic Director, NCTAN |
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1:00-2:30pm |
Asian Food in Your
Classroom Rice has contributed to the formation of Japanese culture and is not just considered an agricultural product by the Japanese. This session will introduce various rice products for rice-tasting and their use in daily life and ceremonial occasions with its symbolism and cultural identity. It will also provide an overview of Japanese holidays and discuss those that involve rice more in depth. |
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2:30-2:45pm |
Break |
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2:45-3:45pm |
Accessing
Media, Internet,
and Library R |
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3:45 – 4:15pm |
Wrap up |