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October 21, 2009
Bank Street College - Professional Study Opportunities
CULTURAL EXPLORATIONS IN MOROCCO: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS IN MULTICULTURAL SETTINGS (GRADES K - 6)
Course Dates: March 27 - April 4, 2010
Instructor: Joan Brodsky Schur is a curriculum developer, author, and teacher. Her lesson plans appear on the Websites of PBS, the National Archives, and The Islam Project.Org. She has served as a member of the Advisory Group for PBS TeacherSource, the advisory committee for WNET’s Access Islam Website, and is a board member of the Middle East Outreach Council. Her books for school libraries include Immigrants in America - The Arab Americans (Lucent Books, 2004) and The Arabs (“Coming to America” series, Greenhaven Press, 2004). An avid traveler who has visited Morocco numerous times, Schur is the Social Studies Coordinator at the Village Community School in New York City, where she has been a teacher for over twenty-five years.
Join us for Spring Break in Morocco!
Participants will spend seven days experiencing the culture and languages of Morocco first-hand in Rabat, Fes, and Ifrane. Through visits to elementary and secondary schools in both rural and urban settings, and discussions with prominent authorities in education and culture from Moroccan universities, participants will gain a greater understanding of Arab culture as experienced in Morocco.
It is a country whose citizens must acquire facility in more than one language to be able to participate fully in civic life. Among the languages spoken are Berber, Moroccan Arabic, Standard Arabic, Spanish, and French. These linguistic competencies reflect Morocco’s indigenous past, its prominence as a crossroads of Arab civilization over many centuries, and its recent legacy as a European colony.
Application deadline: November 23
Open House
November 6 at 5pm
610 West 112th Street, NYC
For more information, visit www.bankstreet.edu/cps/studyabroad
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