November 12, 2004

International Education Week Celebrated in Brattleboro

November 15-19 is International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education "to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States."

School for International Training (SIT) is joining institutions of higher education nationwide to celebrate the important contributions of international education and exchange to the community and the nation.

Here in the greater Brattleboro area, SIT students and staff will do class presentations at local schools about international education and its value today in promoting understanding and, perhaps, a more peaceful and socially just world. In addition, SIT will celebrate International Education Week with a number of events on the SIT campus, on Kipling Road, in Brattleboro. All events will take place in the International Center, Room 101, are free, and open to the community.

For more information on any of these events, please contact Friederike Muehls at (802) 257-0537 or Friederike.Muehls@sit.edu. For directions to the SIT campus and a map, please click here.

Schedule of Events

Sunday, November 14

Geography Series: History and Culture of Tibet
Presented by Michelle Bos-Lun
7:00 - 8:00 pm

Monday, November 15

A Presentation by SIT Professor Patrick Moran
The Cultural Knowings Framework: Linking Culture Teaching to Culture
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Pat Moran has been a member of SIT’s MAT faculty since 1977. He has a special interest in the interface of intercultural communication and second language education, a topic he explores in Teaching Culture: Perspectives in Practice. Professor Moran's second language and teacher education experience includes Peace Corps training and materials development; language and culture orientation in France; and refugee resettlement education in Thailand and Indonesia. Dr. Moran's talk will focus on effective strategies for teaching culture that depend on the nature of cultural content and how it is learned, presented as Knowing About, Knowing How, Knowing Why, and Knowing Oneself. To teach each knowing, teachers need to adopt appropriate roles and techniques. Examples of content, techniques, and roles will be provided.

Tuesday, November 16

A Presentation by SIT Professor John Ungerleider
International Youth Peacebuilding Camps at SIT
7:00 - 8:30 pm

John Ungerleider directs SIT's International Youth Peacebuilding Camps, each of which include a balanced representation of young people from different sides of a conflict (e.g., Greek and Turkish Cypriots, Israelis and Palestinians). SIT has developed effective models for youth programs that address global issues and build meaningful, supportive relationships among young people who care about improving their world. Dr. Ungerleider's talk will focus on his work with SIT’s International Youth Peacebuilding Camps that have provided life-changing intercultural experiences for international youth for over 35 years.

Wednesday, November 17

Human Rights Film Series presents:
"The Flute Player"
7:00 - 8:30 pm

"The Flute Player" is a one-hour documentary film about the life and work of Arn Chorn-Pond. The film, a testament to one man's triumph over tragedy, received an Emmy nomination for outstanding cultural and artistic programming. It will be presented by Chath Pier Sath, co-founder of Cambodian Living Art, a project of World Education whose goal is to support the revival of traditional art forms in Cambodia and to inspire contemporary artistic expression. Mr. Pier Sath will talk about his own experience in Cambodia and will lead a discussion following the film.

Thursday, November 18

Human Rights Film Series presents:
"Lost Boys of Sudan"
7:00 - 8:30 pm
International Center, Room 101

This extraordinaty film will be presented at SIT by a group of Sudanese refugees who immigrated to the United States in 2001 and now live in the Burlington, Vermont area. "Lost Boys of Sudan" tells an astonishing tale of two young men out of the thousands of young Dinka boys and girls who were orphaned and made refugees by Sudan's brutal 20-year civil war. The distances traveled by the "lost boys" encompass a world of rapid movement and jarring contrasts, and reveal both great social divisions and remarkable human links in the 21st century global village.

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