World Class Notes.Congratulations to the Schweitzer International Center of Framingham State College Framingham State College, at Framingham, Mass.; chartered 1838, opened 1839 at Lexington, moved to Framingham 1853, a normal school until 1930. Formerly known as the Massachusetts State Teachers College, it adopted its present name in 1960. , Massachusetts, on the initial publication of its newsletter World Class Notes! The Schweitzer International Center is one of six regional centers established by grants from Bay State Skills Corporation to help teachers internationalize in·ter·na·tion·al·ize tr.v. in·ter·na·tion·al·ized, in·ter·na·tion·al·iz·ing, in·ter·na·tion·al·iz·es 1. To make international. 2. To put under international control. the curriculum in Massachusetts' K-12 classrooms. Each center serves as a regional resource for teachers. This newsletter aptly informs teachers of happenings throughout the state and provides names of experts available to visit schools and speak on a variety of areas. Additionally, World Class Notes reviews curricula, books and multimedia materials that deal with global education and multicultural issues of interest to teachers beyond the borders of Massachusetts. While the newsletter's feature articles are helpful, one section in the "Five Secrets of Global Education" might need clarification. The author suggests that teachers "Be comprehensive. Know more than maps and geography. Introduce history, politics, family life, customs, religion and languages." Her treatment of geography is rather restrictive and outdated. Geography draws from both the physical and social sciences. Location, place, human interactions, movement and regions are the five themes of geography The five themes of geography is an American educational framework for teaching geography, adopted by the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in their Joint Committee on Geographic Education in 1984. outlined by the Joint Committee of the Geography National Implementation Program, a cooperative venture of both the National Council of Geographic Education and the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. global education and its agenda. Indeed, the National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. implements this framework in its curriculum. Overall, the newsletter is to be commended on its maiden voyage into the world of publications. It invites thought with many quotable quot·a·ble adj. Suitable for or worthy of quoting: a quotable slogan; a quotable pundit. quot comments and provides an excellent model for other centers to imitate. The publication is free on request. Send inquiries to: Schweitzer International Center, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA 01701. |
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