The college extends a warm welcome to the visiting students, and chaperones from Nanjing Xiaozhuang and Nantong Universities.

This two-week program will take place here in Tucson, at the University of Arizona College of Education. This program is an opportunity for a cultural experience and will provide information and faculty presentations about our teacher preparation and practice to these students from China, who are in teacher preparation programs at Nanjing Xiaozhuang and Nantong Universities.

                                                             Group Leader: Anning Ding, Alumnus of our Higher Ed program

AGENDA

Monday, Oct 2, 9- 9:30 in WOW Welcome & Opening: Associate Dean and Professor, Renée Clift

Monday, Oct 2, 9:30-11:30AM Presentation 1: Experience, Patterns, Explanations by Associate Professor Kristin Gunckel

Tuesday, Oct 3, 9AM- 12PM Presentation 2: Principal, Brenda Meneguin, at Kellond Elementary. School visit hosted by COE Director of Field Experiences, Maggie Shafer

Wednesday, Oct 4, 9-11AM in WOW Presentation 3: Connecting With Families: Language, Culture and Story in Pre-service Teacher Education by Assistant Professor, Leah Durán

Thursday, Oct 5, 9-11AM in WOW Presentation 4: Learning Theories and Teaching Strategies by Assistant Professor of Practice, Elizabeth Pope

Tuesday, Oct 10, 2-4PM in WOW Presentation 5: Making sense of children’s mathematical thinking by Associate Professor Marcy Wood

Tuesday, Oct 10, 4-4:45PM in WOW Closing: Dean and Professor, Bruce Johnson, with certificate presentation to students
 

The students' full agenda can be seen here.                         

  WOW=World of Words, Room 453, Education building                         

For more information or questions, please contact Mary Werner, Education Outreach, marywerner@email.arizona.edu