DR. VIVIAN M. COVINGTONDR. CAROLYN C. LEDFORD

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

Developing a Global Perspective in Teacher

Education

•A PUBLIC RESEARCH ONE UNIVERSITY WITH OVER 28 ,000 STUDENTS

•BEGAN AS A TEACHER PREPARATION COLLEGE AND CONTINUES TO HAVE A STRONG FOCUS ON TEACHER EDUCATION

East Carolina University

•ECU’S TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS HAVE PRODUCED A HIGHER NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN NC SCHOOLS THAT ANY OTHER INSTITUTION.

•COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS STRIVING TO ADDRESS NATIONAL AND STATE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS ON DIVERSITY, INFUSION OF INTERNATIONAL TOPICS/THEMES.

ECU Facts

2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR

•Almost 22,342 students in Pitt County Schools

TOP 3 LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Spanish, Arabic, and Japanese

Public Schools in Pitt County

English Language Learner in Pitt County Schools by Native Language Based on October 1, 2010

Headcount

Languages

Grades K-5

Grades 6-8

Grades 9-12

Total By Language

Arabic 24 2 6 32

Chinese 17 2 2 21

Japanese 18 4 5 27

Spanish 603 168 110 881

Total All Languages by Grade Span

662 176 123 961

ELLs by Native Language

•URGENCY IS ADDED BY THE FACT THAT AS THE TEACHER POPULATION REMAINS RELATIVELY WHITE AND MIDDLE CLASS, THE STUDENT POPULATION IN OUR STATE CONTINUES TO CHANGE RAPIDLY.•REVISIONED TEACHEREDUCATION

•SACS – ECU Global Goal•NCATE Standard 4•NCSDPI – 21st Century Schools and Students•New NC Teacher Rubric Standards 2 and 4•New Scholl leaders Rubric Standards 3 and 4

Impetus for Change

•STUDY OF CULTURES

•INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

•RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP IN OUR INTERDEPENDENT WORLD

•EFFECTIVE CROSS -CULTURAL COMMUNICATION (NC AND THE WORLD, SEPTEMBER, 2006)

In order to attain a world view, teachers must

include…

•MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

•COMPREHENSION AND APPRECIATION OF CULTURES

•KNOWLEDGE OF GLOBAL ISSUES

•THE WORLD AS INTERRELATED SYSTEMS(ALGER, 1986; ANDERSON, 1994; MERRYFIELD, 1997 ; TYE, 1999)

Congruent Elements found in various conceptualizations

include:

•ACADEMIC ADVISING

•CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

•COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

•STUDY ABROAD

•PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ECU’s multi-prong approach to infusing international education into

teacher preparation focuses on…

•SYSTEM OF ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSITY

•STUDENTS ARE ACQUAINTED WITH STUDY ABROAD OPTIONS AND BENEFITS DURING FRESHMAN ORIENTATION.

Academic Advising

•UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF GOVERNORS’ LONG RANGE PLAN 2004-2009

Goal 5-Internationalization- Promote an international perspective throughout the University community to prepare citizens to become leaders in a multi-ethnic and global society.

Curriculum Development

•THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPTED FIVE GOALS TO ADDRESS FUTURE READY STUDENTS FOR THE 21 S T CENTURY SCHOOLS:

•TWO OF THE GOALS DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE NEED TO INTERNATIONALIZE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO PREPARE EDUCATION PROFESSIONS WHO ARE COMPETENT AND COMFORTABLE TEACHING THESE SKILLS.

Curriculum Development

•GOAL 1 : NC PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL PRODUCE GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS.

•GOAL 2 : NC PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE LED BY 21 S T CENTURY PROFESSIONALS.

North Carolina’s Future Ready Students for the 21st

Century

•CURRICULUM MODULES ON GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

•NC Teaching Fellows pilot•World newspapers (global issues)•Arts and Sciences faculty

•CURRICULUM REVISION EFFORTS•New EDUC 3002 Course – fall 2010, required core course

•GLOBAL CLASSROOM COURSES

Curriculum Strategies

•THE COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO HOST SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND TO COLLABORATE ON COMMON ISSUES BETWEEN UNIVERSITY CLASSES IN 19 COUNTRIES.

•THERE ARE 9 SECTIONS WITH 144 ECU STUDENTS PAIRED WITH STUDENTS FROM 19 COUNTRIES AND 25 INSTITUTIONS.

Global Classroom Collaboration

•ECU HAS MAINTAINED PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY IN JAPAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

•IN JULY 2006 , THREE JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES SIGNED AN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH THREE NORTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITIES.

Collaborative Partnerships

•STUDENTS TAKING PART IN ECU STUDY ABROAD TOTALED 19 FOR TWO SEMESTERS AND 56 FOR ONE SEMESTER.

•STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN SUMMER STUDY ABROAD 280 .

•THESE EFFORTS DO NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Study Abroad 2009-2010

•ECUAND THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SEEK TO ADVISE HIGH QUALITY STUDENTS TO STUDY ABROAD THROUGH:

•University academic advisors•Faculty•Student Organizations•Broadening World View Through Curriculum

Study Abroad

•STUDENTS MAY INTERN ABROAD WITH APPROVAL OF THE OFFICE OF TEACHER EDUCATION. ISSUES ARISE WITH LICENSED TEACHERS AND MEETING ACCREDITATION STANDARDS FOR INTERNSHIP

•THE INTERNSHIP ABROAD HAS BEEN LIMITED TO MILITARY SPOUSES OR FAMILY MEMBERS TEACHING IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS.

Internship Abroad

•FA C U LT Y P R OV I D E D G L O B A L E D U C AT I O N I N F O R M AT I O N A N D S T R AT E G I E S F O R C L I N I C A L T E A C H E R S A N D I N T E R N S T H R O U G H T H E F O L L O W I N G O P P O RT U N I T I E S :

•Clinical teachers and interns collaborated to study international economic interdependence.

•International students hosted interns and clinical teachers on a virtual field trip of their home countries.

•The ECU Clinical Teacher Conference focused on global understanding.

Professional Development

•EXAMINE THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVES

•EXPERIENCE PEOPLE AND CULTURES DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN THROUGH MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS

•GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE

•TO COMMIT TO BEING GLOBAL EDUCATORS IN THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS

Our goal is to create a curriculum that causes student

to…

•OUR INSTITUTION IS IN THE CENTER OF A VERY RURAL REGION WITH AN AGRICULTURAL BASE.

•MANY ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH LIMITED EXPERIENCES BEYOND THEIR HOMETOWNS.

•THE SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IS A CRITICAL ISSUE.

Challenges for the Future