American Studies -seminaari pidettiin Helsingissä Yliopiston päärakennuksessa 7.4.2018
Seminaarin ohjelma sai hyvää palautetta osallistujilta, ohjelmaa pidettiin kiinnostavana ja monipuolisena. Aiheiden vaihtelevuus sai erityistä kiitosta.
Luentojen aiheina olivat:
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Eija Venäläinen, Chair of the Association of Teachers of English in Finland
Key Changes: Revising American Indian History Through Music
Daniel M. Cobb (Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; University of Helsinki
An Economist’s Brief Introduction to Voting
Peter Hans Matthews (Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics)
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont; Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki
Teaching Inquiry Through Passion Projects
Samuel Joel Northern (Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program)
Simpson Elementary School, Franklin, Kentucky; University of Helsinki
American Resource Center Activities and Resources
Taina Iduozee, American Resource Center Director
A Non-technical Introduction to Some Technology-related Words (and Ideas)
Manuel Sanders (Core Fulbright Scholar Program)
University of South Carolina Beaufort, Bluffton, South Carolina; Tampere University of Technology
Fulbright Finland Foundation Programs for Teachers
Mirka McIntire, Manager, Teacher Exchange and Education Programs, Fulbright Finland Foundation
Motivating the Unmotivated
Ebony Meyers-White (Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program)
Baltimore City Public Schools; University of Jyväskylä