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Posted on December 1, 2010 in Basic Education Development, International Education, Education
Blog tags: Cape Verde, community, critical thinking, education, Peace Corps, teaching, training, World AIDS Day
Blog tags: Cape Verde, community, critical thinking, education, Peace Corps, teaching, training, World AIDS Day
There are 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the world. Today is World AIDS Day - a day of opportunity to raise awareness and educate about the disease which affects all nations...
Posted on November 30, 2010 in Conflict Resolution
Blog tags: assessment, conflict resolution, religion, Uganda
Blog tags: assessment, conflict resolution, religion, Uganda
This week I am writing from Kampala, where I have spent the past week assessing potential opportunities for IREX programming in Uganda. As I read about Uganda in preparation for my trip, one...
Posted on November 23, 2010 in Basic Education Development, International Education, Education
Blog tags: global education, language
Blog tags: global education, language
Despite its varying definitions and conceptualizations, most academics, students and educators agree that one of the core components of international education is second language learning.
Posted on November 19, 2010 in Basic Education Development, International Education, Education
Blog tags: community, innovation, teachers
Blog tags: community, innovation, teachers
Raphael Aidoo-Taylor, a Ghanaian alumnus of the Teaching Excellence And Achievement Program (TEA), discusses how the TEA program has impacted his teaching.
Posted on November 19, 2010 in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
Blog tags: charity, idea development, playground, Russia, volunteerism, youth development
Blog tags: charity, idea development, playground, Russia, volunteerism, youth development
One of the things I love about my job is getting to meet young people from around the world who are working to make their communities better places to live. This week in Moscow,
Posted on November 17, 2010 in Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Youth
Blog tags: challenges, community, conflict prevention
Blog tags: challenges, community, conflict prevention
Rwanda figured prominently in my graduate school courses on conflict and development, so I was eager to see for myself the country I had read and written so much about.
Posted on November 17, 2010 in International Education, Education
Blog tags: natural disaster, teachers
Blog tags: natural disaster, teachers
I arrived in Jakarta late last week for an alumni conference for the Indonesian and Malaysian teachers who have completed the International Leaders in Education Program.
Posted on November 16, 2010 in International Education, Education, Youth
Blog tags: exchanges, fellows
Blog tags: exchanges, fellows
Global UGRAD in Pakistan fellows, studying at universities and colleges across the US, reflect on...
Posted on November 16, 2010 in International Education, Education
Blog tags: culture sharing, teachers
Blog tags: culture sharing, teachers
During September-November 2010, sixty-four teachers from 21 different countries came to the US for a six-week professional development program. Listen to some of their thoughts on what...
Posted on November 15, 2010 in Basic Education Development, Higher Education Development, International Education, Education
Blog tags: confidence, global awareness, Interanational Education Week, international education, Russian, Soviet Union
Blog tags: confidence, global awareness, Interanational Education Week, international education, Russian, Soviet Union
This year marks the 20th anniversary of my first trip to the Soviet Union. Actually it was my first trip anywhere across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans for that matter.
