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Contact
Arkansas
NCTA SEMINARS
Sign Up For 2011-12 Seminars
Please contact Jeff Kyong-McClain at jwkyongmccl@ualr.edu or (501) 569-8393 for information.
Teachers in Arkansas may participate in the on-line simulcast series offered at http://asiaforeducators.org.
Eligibility to apply for NCTA-sponsored study tours
to Asia may be earned on-line through on-line programs at this site.
NCTA STUDY TOURS
The NCTA National Coordinating Site at Columbia University
and Partner Sites will offer Summer 2012 Field Study Opportunities in
East Asia for NCTA Alumni in the states of:
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York (lower), North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas
Itineraries & Dates:
• China - Korea: June 8 -- June 24, 2012
China: Beijing, Xian, Suzhou, Shanghai; Korea: Seoul, DMZ Kyongju, Haeinsa Temple, stay
• China (the Silk Road): July 1-- July 17, 2012
Beijing, Xi'an, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, Hotan, Shanghai
Only as an optional extension of the China-Silk Road Trip:
• Japan: July 18-22
Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo
(Dates of the trips are tentative until final posting.)
Application Deadline will be February 6, 2012
** Applicants for the summer 2012 trips must have
completed their NCTA course requirements by February
1, 2012 in order to be considered for a trip. Participants must complete either a thirty-hour, face-to-face or
on-line seminar in their local area or three of the
on-line mini-courses offered to teachers in the states listed above.
(Teachers who have not completed their requirement
by February 1, 2012 will be eligible for study tours
offered in summer 2013.) Download application here.
ONLINE DISCUSSIONS
To participate in discussions with teachers in Arkansas, please visit the Arkansas State Discussion Group section of the Asia in the Curriculum BULLETIN. Registration is required for posting messages to the Forum, though not to read messages already posted.
STATE STANDARDS & CURRICULUM GUIDELINES
From the Arkansas Department of Education:
- Social Studies Curriculum Framework
- Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools
- Arkansas Council for the Social Studies
LINKS TO RELATED PROGRAMS
- Travel/Study Programs
- Seminars, Institutes, and Professional Development
- Educational Exchange Opportunities (For teachers, students, and schools)
- Asian Studies Resources Online