Menu
close
Anonymous.
clay dubeHi Folks,
We need your feedback for a) our ongoing effort to strengthen what we do, b) a report to the Freeman Foundation and c) a web article about the seminar. Please copy these three questions into an email message and send it to [email protected] and [email protected]. Thank you.
1. What were your expectations for the seminar? To what extent were they met?
2. In what ways (if any) has the seminar affected what you can (and will?) do with students?
3. What about the seminar was particularly effective? What should be improved?
In addition to giving us useful feedback, we hope thinking about these questions helps you as you complete your curriculum assignment and reflective essay.
clay dubeHi Folks,
Thanks to Sharon, Kumiko, and Matthew. These three have already emailed us their evaluations. We hope to hear from everyone else asap. We're hoping you'll write whil ethe memory is fresh.
AnonymousEvaluation
I have had to take many classes through our school site, we all have, and I have never finished one of them that I kept thinking about them for day’s afterwards. I can’t stop thinking about the nine days we spent together; I have learned many things from each professor in all the classes. Thanks to all of you! So much knowledge at different levels, in different subjects, all in one room for nine days, with everyone contributing to the discussions what an amazing nine days!
I have every type of student from the ELD to AP and Special Ed.; I will now be able to teach about Asia in so many different ways, the power points will be my most useful tool along with the many web sites and additional information that was given the class. I am also excited to add to our Library, this will give my fellow teachers tools to add to my excitement about Asia. Many of them are tired of hearing about how excited I was to take this class. The English department has added books about foot binding and Samurai worriers; we also have a Health Careers Academy, and almost all of the teachers have touched on Asia. I do have to admit the Olympics has helped.
I did not go a day thinking what a waste of time, or I wish I hadn’t taken this class; instead I wish I could have taken a semester class (of course that would be impossible with all the knowledge we did get in a short amount of time.)
I went into the nine days expecting something special what I didn’t know was that we were going to get so many materials that will help teach about East Asia, I have an extremely limited budget and the materials are very important. I did not expect to receive the books or the Power Points. I really am excited about the Power Points, the visuals are so important in the classroom and I really do not have the time to obtain this much information to teach such a vast amount of information.
The professors were very well prepared and gave wonderful readings and visuals. I can not think of any additions to this class. I do thank everyone involved, the professors, Miranda, and the many other staff members that we met or did not meet.
Thank-you so much Mary Neumann
AnonymousI believe all the participating students will agree our 9 day accelerated course was meaningful and worthwhile. In response to the questions: l) I expected to gain an overview of the history of se Asia and a sense of the literature and culture. My expectations were met and exceeded with the books we received for class. I've already started reading 2 of them cover to cover, as my interest in learning more is really heightened now. With the amount of information we tried to cover, I felt a little disappointed that modern time (from the 1900s) and Vietnam were crowded out. An added bonus from the experience was the input from each other. I had envisioned a more lecture/note-taking format. I gained alot of different insight from the others. (2) Since I've gained more knowledge and references, andfound points of interest to me (such as the humor and cleverness in some of the writings) I will incorporate mini lessons into the instruction. I now have the confidence to go into the 6th grade classrooms and offer to team-teach about Asia, or teach the lesson for the classroom teacher. A second application will be to teach a lesson to a small group, give a writing assignment about it, and make the lesson a combination social studies/English lesson. Since I am the RSP prpogram at 2 schools, I can possibly reach alot of students ( ie 6 classrooms total). I think my goals for this fall will be to create interest in students to learn more than what is offered in the textbook. I hope to share materials and the newletter with more staff, also.(3) Although I must admit I wasn't crazy about doing the Roundtable Debate ( Conf,Budd, Dao, and Legal.) I found it made an impression on me and how there are different ways to perceive information (and life!) It took me a while to separate from the tendency to always be a legalist.....ironically it resurfaced during the Olympic opening ceremonies when a reference was made to Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism and NBC cut away so there was only time for 2 of the 3 to be presented. I felt injustice. Overall ,I have alot more respect for different ways of thinking, as well as the desire to learn and accept. My only suggestions for improvement are a) reduce the posts to 20 minimum, add one more day to the seminar to fit in the post 1900s and Vietnam information, and possibly shorten some of the speaker's time to somehow create more time. This was a fabulous experience and I hope many more will take advantage of it in the future. Thanks M.and C.!
AnonymousIn my mind the content of the seminar far exceeded my expectations. The in-depth historical and cultural account of China, Japan and Korea was not only informational but enjoyable. The postings are a great idea for feedback and reflection. The presenters were phenomenal! As I mentioned before, all the background information of East Asia will help me plan my lessons better and I will provide supplemental information to my students.
Since I teach Language Arts, the Chinese and Japanese anthologies are a great resource to augment the sixth grade curriculum. I will read sections of prose and poetry to my students, as well as have students analyze them. They will be able to detect the similarities and differences between the western and eastern writers.
AnonymousI truly enjoyed every aspect of the seminar: our knowledgeable Professors/Presenters who so generously shared with us their time and expertise; our compassionate and devoted hosts (Dube and Miranda) who went to great lengths and overcame many obstacle to make this event even possible; my fellow ambitious and openhanded classmates who shared this journey with me, just as eager as I to ascertain as much of the knowledge presented to us as we could so that we could enlighten our students, and just as eager to share thoughts and ideas along the way so that we could enlighten each other. My expectations weren’t very high coming into the seminar—I knew I would walk away knowing something new about different Asian cultures. The seminar far exceeded my expectations to say the least. I have been given so many tools that I can use to enlighten my students, to make them aware (and maybe more tolerant, and more understanding, and more curious) of a world outside of their own. My came to class everyday asking myself, “How can I use this information to show my students, yes we are different, but we are also the same, and yes we are different, but that’s okay.” I left class everyday with an innumerable amount of answers and ideas. The seminar was far more than I expected it to be…was far more useful than I had thought it would be. I loved it. It is something that I will share with my colleagues and my principal with the hope that many more will take advantage of this great opportunity.
AnonymousThe depth and bredth of the seminar exceeded my expectations. I especially like the topics that include the art of E. Asia. The historic aspects of it all were a little overwhelming for my artistic brain but now that I have that under my belt so to speak I would like more about the films, visual arts, fashion, archetecture, theatre arts, music, etc.
AnonymousThe depth and bredth of the seminar exceeded my expectations. I especially like the topics that include the arts of E. Asia.
The historic aspects of it all were a little overwhelming for my artistic brain
I actually started to get China and Japan mixed up but now that I have that under my belt so to speak, I would like to learn more about the films, visual arts, fashion, archetecture, theatre arts, music, etc.
In my reflective essay I mentioned that this seminar stimulated new and fresh images for me to work with as an artist and art teacher. Thank you for that. It really has opened up a new world of ideas for the classroom from curriculum to classroom management.