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July

A limited number of scholarships for housing in the UW dormitory are now available for out-of-town participants!

July 23–August 22. "Perspectives on East Asia for Teachers: Contemporary Japan: Intensive Summer Course for K-12 Educators." Location tbd (Seattle campus).

This summer, the UW East Asia Resource Center (EARC) and Japan Studies, in partnership with the College of Education, have teamed up to design an intensive course on Japan. For pre- and in-service K-12 educators, Perspectives on East Asia for Teachers: Contemporary Japan is a month-long course that will give educators an outstanding grounding in Japan studies and in curricular strategies for bringing Japan into the classroom. UW Japan scholar Andrea Arai and master teacher Pat Burleson will teach the course; Professor Arai will lead daily lecture-discussion sessions, and Ms. Burleson will teach classroom application sessions that build on the material covered in the lectures and guide educators in creating a culminating project such as a CBA or unit. The lecture-discussion component covers topics in Meiji Japan up to the present, tracing the development of Japan’s modern institutions. Lecture topics on contemporary Japan—including education, women, work, religion, the bursting of the bubble, politics, and Japan in the world—explain why things are the way they are in Japan today. Six credits or 60 clock hours are available. The course is offered at a reduced rate of $187, thanks to a grant from the Freeman Foundation. For application information, click here. For more information, please contact Mary Cingcade by calling (206) 543-1921 or e-mailing earc@u.washington.edu.

In this HBCC Summer Institute, participants will learn how to use a variety of resources to incorporate culture into the standards-based Japanese language classroom. Through integrating the rich cultural history of Japan in quizzes, activities and learning, both students and teachers can take a more holistic approach to their learning of Japanese in the classroom. Instruction and activities will be based on lectures, presentations, pair/group work, and homework assignments. HBCC Summer Institute instructors include: Hiroko Kataoka (Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University, Long Beach; and Yasuhiko Tosaku (Ph.D.,University of California, San Diego) Professor, Graduate school of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. For more information, please contact please call the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center at (206) 728-0610 or e-mail John Charlton john@hyogobcc.org. The cost of registration is $80 (non-refundable after deadline), which includes 24 WA State clock hours. Registration deadline is July 15. To register, please visit the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center Web site.

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June 25-26	Life Cycle Rituals and Traditions across Cultures
July 23– August 22	Perspectives on East Asia for Teachers: Contemporary Japan: Intensive Summer Course for K-12 Educators