Teacher Fellowships to Japan
The Keizai Koho Center of Keidanren, Japan's most famous business organization, is again providing fellowships for American high school teachers to visit Japan .
The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives. The tour date will be sometime in June or July 2007.
The ten day itinerary in Japan will include time in Tokyo; tours of major industrial and corporate facilities; meetings with key business leaders; meetings with government officials, educators, and business people; school visits; discussions with teachers and students; and a home stay with a Japanese family. Typically, there is at least one scheduled visit to a destination outside of Tokyo.
The Fellowship is open to high school classroom teachers of economics, social studies and history (grades 8-12), supervisors, specialists, and school administrators at the district and state levels; and faculty associated with 4 year colleges who are directly concerned with the training of K-12 teachers.
For further information about eligibility or to request an application, please contact: Keizai Koho Fellowship Program, Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania, 600 Grant Street, Room 444, Pittsburgh PA 15219-2703 or see the NAJAS website at www.us-japan.org)
The application deadline is Feb. 15, 2007.
The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives. The tour date will be sometime in June or July 2007.
The ten day itinerary in Japan will include time in Tokyo; tours of major industrial and corporate facilities; meetings with key business leaders; meetings with government officials, educators, and business people; school visits; discussions with teachers and students; and a home stay with a Japanese family. Typically, there is at least one scheduled visit to a destination outside of Tokyo.
The Fellowship is open to high school classroom teachers of economics, social studies and history (grades 8-12), supervisors, specialists, and school administrators at the district and state levels; and faculty associated with 4 year colleges who are directly concerned with the training of K-12 teachers.
For further information about eligibility or to request an application, please contact: Keizai Koho Fellowship Program, Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania, 600 Grant Street, Room 444, Pittsburgh PA 15219-2703 or see the NAJAS website at www.us-japan.org)
The application deadline is Feb. 15, 2007.
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