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Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Project Profiles ALBANIA >> Since FY96, the University of Washington has been administering an on-going project to develop civic education courses for elementary and secondary schools in Albania. Project goals include assisting a team of local civic educators to develop locally oriented civic education curricular materials. In addition, the project is training in-service teachers on the use of these curricular materials, and is publishing teachers' guides for grades 1-10. Local partners include the Albanian Ministry of Education, the Tirana Pedagogical Research Institute, and Tirana University. Project accomplishments include the training of 1,600 teachers from eight Albanian cities and the establishment of civic education resource centers in the cities of Skhodra, Korca, Elbasan, Tirana, and Gjirokastra. Funding source: SEED.
ARMENIA >> Since FY 1998, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) has been helping to expand the use of elementary level curricular and teaching materials in schools in Armenia. IREX facilitated the cooperation of U.S. specialists with a team of Armenian educators to develop and publish a pre-service teaching methodology guide; subject modules for in-service teachers; and a training program for curriculum specialists at the Ministry of Education. The project also led to the opening of resource centers for teachers in the Armenian cities of Yerevan, Gymri, Goris, Vanadzor, Sisian and Ijevan. The pre-service teaching guide is available in both Armenian and Russian language versions on the project website www.irex.am/eng/. Funding source: FSA >> IREX has also been assisting Armenian teachers to develop social science curricular materials for the lower middle school grades (4-6) and since FY04, for high school, and to direct related teacher training activities. Curricular materials including model social science courses have been published in Armenia together with a handbook on teaching methods, a guide to curriculum development, and a teacher's classroom resource kit. IREX will include in-service teachers, pre-service teaching specialists, and education specialists from the Ministry of Education's Education Reform Center in training workshops based on these materials. Funding source: FSA >> In FY03 and FY04 IREX expanded the curriculum development and training program to include the participation of education faculty at the pedagogical institutes and of members of a non-profit educational leadership association (The Armenian Principals Association). Education experts from both groups are working with U.S. curriculum specialists to develop training materials on educational leadership and pre-service teacher training. Once the curriculum is revised and pilot tested it will be used as the basis for teaching methodology courses in the pedagogical institutes in Yerevan, Gymri, Vanadzor and Sisian. The educational leadership training materials will be used as a basis for a certificate training program for school principals, endorsed by the Ministry of Education. Funding source: FSA
AZERBAIJAN >> Since FY 1999, Montana State University has been engaged in developing and disseminating civic education curricular materials as well as introducing new teaching methodologies to high schools in Azerbaijan. During the course of the project the U.S.-trained team of Azeri educators developed curriculum units for civic education courses for the 10th and 11th grades and pilot-tested the new curricular materials in six school districts. The project is now training in-service teachers in the use of the new curricular units in high school classrooms and will establish a civic education resource center in Baku. Funding source: FSA >> The International Research and Exchanges Board is assisting Azerbaijan education experts to develop and disseminate a pre-service social science curriculum for use at the pedagogical institutes in Azerbaijan. Faculty from six pedagogical institutes (Baku Slavic, Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, Azerbaijan University of Foreign Languages, Lankaran State University, Sheki Teachers Institute and Guba Teachers Institute) will pilot test the curricular materials in their classrooms and assist with the training of pre-service teachers on the use of these materials in Azerbaijan middle schools. Funding source: FSA >> In FY04 the American Councils for International Education began an elementary level curriculum development project. American Councils is recruiting six participants to take part in a curriculum development workshop. The University of Wisconsin (UW) will organize a twelve-week curriculum development workshop during which period the participants will develop materials for use in elementary schools in Azerbaijan. American Councils will collaborate with local authorities to select twenty pilot schools. The participants and a UW professor will conduct a one-week training program for pilot teachers. American Councils will publish 1,000 copies of the piloted materials and disseminate them to schools throughout Azerbaijan.
BULGARIA >> Since FY 1998, the University of Iowa has been administering a grant to assist a team of Bulgarian teachers to plan, develop and field-test instructional materials for civic education in secondary schools in Bulgaria. Project objectives included establishing a civic education network, developing secondary-level civic education curricular materials, and administering in-service and pre-service teacher training based on these materials. In FY03 and FY04 the project was expanded to include the participation of parents and school administrators through specialized training programs to be held at eight community training centers. The local partner is the Open Education Center Foundation. Funding source: SEED
GEORGIA >> The University of Iowa is administering a civic education project designed to support the development of a 9th grade civic education curriculum and to train teachers in the use of these materials in classrooms throughout Georgia. By FY04, 10,000 copies of the curriculum will be published with participation of over 5,000 teachers and students from fifty-seven high schools in Georgia. The local partner is the English Teacher's Association of Georgia. Funding source: FSA
INDONESIA >> With an FY 2000 partnership grant, Indiana University and the National University of Padang are training primary and secondary schoolteachers in new approaches to civic education in cooperation with the Indonesian Ministry of Education. The project is also developing a manual on civic education pedagogy for Indonesian teacher-trainers. Funding source: ECA base
JAMAICA >> An FY 2001 partnership grant is enabling Central Connecticut State University and Sam Sharpe Teachers' College to work cooperatively on the development of a curriculum in teacher education for Jamaica. The project is supporting professional development workshops for in-service teachers who are seeking to earn a baccalaureate degree in teacher education in Jamaica. Funding source: ECA base
KYRGYZSTAN >> With grants issued in FY 2001 and FY 2003, the Institute for Training and Development is administering a project to assist a team of Kyrgyz educators to develop civic education curricular materials and to conduct related teacher training activities in Kyrgyzstan. The Krygyz team is developing a multidisciplinary ninth grade civic education/ comparative government course, and will pilot test draft curricular materials before publishing of the curricular materials, developing a civic education website for use by local educators, and conducting an extensive program of in-service teacher training. The partner in Kyrgyzstan is the Institute for Regional Studies, affiliated with the Ministry of Education. Funding Source: FSA
MOLDOVA >> The University of Iowa administered a civic education project designed to develop and disseminate a ninth grade civic education curriculum for use in secondary-level schools in Moldova. The 9th grade curriculum has been pilot tested and revised and 13,000 copies were published in Spring 2003. The primary local partner is the Independent Society for Education and Human Rights. Funding source: FSA >> Montana State University administered a multi-phased project to strengthen the capacity of the Moldova Pedagogical State University to support the Moldova General Education project, a World Bank-funded educational renewal program. Funding source: FSA >> St. Cloud State University (SCSU) and Balts Alecu Russo State University in Moldova cooperated on a partnership program to apply a learner-centered teacher education model, developed and implemented at SCSU for application to classrooms in Moldova. Funding source: FSA
ROMANIA >> With grants issued in FY 1999,
FY 2003, and FY 2004 the Institute for Training and Development is administering
a project to develop and implement a new curriculum unit for an 11th grade
civic education and comparative government course in Romania. In July
2003, the Ministry of Education officially approved the 11th grade curriculum
for use in Romanian high schools. By Spring 2004 over 1,100 teachers were
trained and civic education resource centers will be established in nine
Romanian cities of Bucharest, Timisoara, Gorj, Craiova, Constanta, Cluj-Napoca,
Targu, Secuiesc and Bacau. Local partners include the Ministry of Education.
Curriculum units are available on the project website through the "project
drafts" link: www.itd-amherst.org/RCE/rceindex.html
. Romanian language Civic Education Association website: www.civ.ro
RUSSIA >> Starting in FY 1996, the University of Hawaii administered a civic education project to assist a team of Russian civic educators to write a civic education curriculum, to draft curriculum units for the 8th-11th grades, and to train in-service teachers in the use of these materials in schools in Krasnoyarsk. Two-hundred and forty teachers from the cities of Tomsk, Irkutsk, Norolisk, Abakan, Novosibirsk completed their training and are implementing these materials in their classrooms. The curriculum units contain a teacher's guide to civic education, a student handbook, and resource materials. Funding source: FSA >> The Sage Colleges in New York administered a three-year FY 2000 NIS College and University Partnerships project on civic education, both as an applied field of study and as a means of reforming the university based training of future elementary and secondary school teachers in Samara Oblast and the greater Volga region. Project objectives included the development of a certificate-based pre-service program of study in civic education at Samara Pedagogical University and Samara State University, support for the Samara Center for Civic Education, and implementation of an outreach plan in which the regional center and its U.S. and Russian partners shared the results of their work with other regions along the Volga. Funding source: FSA >> With a FY2000 grant from the NIS College and University Partnerships Program, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and the Samara Institute for Retraining Teachers and Staff (SIPKRO) worked together to raise standards of teacher training as well as address issues of women's leadership in education, health education, and substance abuse prevention in schools. Project goals included developing 10 new courses, updating 12 existing courses, and offering six sets of two-week training courses. SIPKRO offers short-term professional development courses that fulfill regional requirements for ongoing professional development and in-service training. Funding source: FSA >> Syracuse University administered a two-year project in FY 1997 to support secondary-level curriculum development and teacher training for civic education in Bryansk, Russia. The university worked with local Russian educators to draft and field-test public policy issue books and provided training seminars on public policy and related civic education issues. Funding source: FSA
SOUTH AFRICA >> With an FY1999 three-year partnerships grant, Ohio University is cooperating with the University of Western Cape to develop democratic education programs at Ohio University and the University of Western Cape. The project is creating graduate degree programs and field-based teacher training in democratic education while also promoting the democratic management of schools. Through the development of models of good teaching practice, the two institutions expect to create partnerships with schools and communities in their respective service areas. Funding source: EDDI
UKRAINE >> Bowling Green University is collaborating with the All Ukrainian Association of Teachers in History and Social Science (NOVA DOBA) to develop a high school curriculum and associated teaching materials in civic education. The curricular materials have been approved by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and have been piloted at selected schools in Ukraine. Over 1,800 teachers have participated in training seminars and 21,500 copies of the curriculum have been published. Funding source: ECA base and FSA >> With an FY 2000 grant under the NIS College and University Partnerships Program, Iowa State University assisted Gogol State Pedagogical University to strengthen its teacher training programs through faculty and curriculum development, teaching, lecturing, joint conferences, collaborative research, modernization, and outreach. The project addresses three central needs. First, project participants acquire knowledge and skills necessary to use information technologies successfully both for their own professional development and to enhance student learning. Second, it enables teacher training faculty in both universities to enhance the knowledge and understanding of their content areas. Third, it introduces innovative pedagogy in both Ukraine and the United States. Funding source: FSA >> Montclair State University assisted Kirovograd State Pedagogical University to develop new pedagogical curricula in the fields of critical thinking and philosophy for children. Ukrainian teacher trainers and teachers have participated in training programs in the United States. Ukrainian participants that have spent an academic year at Montclair State have also had the opportunity to teach in the public schools of Newark. New programs have been introduced both at the Kirovograd State Pedagogical University and at schools in Kirovograd. The FY1999 grant was issued under the NIS College and University Partnerships Program. Funding source: FSA >> El Camino College partnered with Dnipropetrovsk State University (DSU) to develop new curricula focusing on character education, critical thinking, and problem solving for the DSU early childhood education program. During the first year of the partnership, a U.S. professor spent a semester in Dnipropetrovsk teaching a Child Development course that introduced new teaching methodologies to future preschool and elementary teachers. Funding source: FSA
VIETNAM >> With a three-year FY 2001 educational partnerships grant, Michigan State University is assisting the faculty of Cantho University's School of Education to teach pre-service and in-service teachers in the Mekong Delta region to use activity-oriented teaching strategies focused on locally pertinent environmental and civic issues. Teachers are learning to explore and utilize local resources to link the classroom experience to issues in local communities. Funding source: ECA base
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