“Recognizing
the importance of Oklahoma’s international connections, teachers
must equip students with greater international knowledge and skills in
order to compete in the global economy.”
— Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry
Applications are now being accepted for the fourth annual "Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your Success" travel award program sponsored by Southwest Airlines and The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. Through this national education initiative, Southwest will provide roundtrip airline tickets to undergraduate and graduate students across the country with socio-economic need who travel away from home to pursue a higher education. Application deadline is May 30, 2008. More information is available at www.hacu.net/hacu/lanzate_EN.asp.
- Tulsa hosted the second annual Governor’s Global Education Conference on April 4, 2008, at Langston University's Tulsa campus.
The University of Central Oklahoma celebrated the opening of its Centre for Global Competency March 31 in UCO’s Constitution Hall. The event featured internationally known journalist and television personality Lisa Ling. The Centre promotes the values, skills and experiences of “The Globally Competent Individual” on the UCO campus, in the local community and throughout the world.
- Listen to language
lessons from around the world provided by the Peace Corps. Listen to the lessons on your default media player or subscribe to the lessons as podcasts. Learn more about podcasts. Currently, the Peace Corps offers: Jordanian Arabic, Kazakh Russian, Bambara in Mali, French in Mali, Mandarin Chinese, Thai and Ukrainian.
This summer, National Geographic is offering opportunities for young explorers to learn about the world first-hand on a National Geographic Student Expedition – three-week trips specially designed for high school students.
Applications to host an exchange teacher of Chinese or Arabic during the 2008-2009 school year can be downloaded from the American Councils for International Education's Teachers of Critical Languages Program at www.tclprogram.org.
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc. continues to move America's classrooms forward with the Toyota International Teacher Program. Administered by IIE, this international professional development opportunity began 10 years ago with a study tour for 50 teachers to Japan, expanded to include Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands in 2007. As a result, nearly 500 teachers have had the opportunity to immerse themselves in locations around the globe. "Studying nature and its conservation first hand and in a setting beyond our borders will teach key lessons about globalization and the world we share," said IIE President and CEO Dr. Allan E. Goodman.
To be eligible for the program, teachers must be a U.S. citizen, employed full-time as a secondary classroom teacher or teacher-librarian (grades 6-12) and have a minimum of three years teaching experience. Teacher-librarians are now also invited to apply, as they are full participants on school instructional teams, collaborating with other teachers and administrators. For application information, visit www.iie.org/toyota.
- OASIS Ambassadors have created incredible activities for their students! Check them out under Oklahoma in the World and use some of these great ideas in your own school.
- Colleges and universities continue to create global experiences for students and provide resources to K-12 teachers. Don't miss the newest information in Higher Education Resources.
To book a performance with the Mexican Folkloric Dance Troupe, contact Teri Mora, director of Hispanic student services, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, 580.349.1538.
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- "Today, we have no symbol as obvious as a Russian satellite streaking through the sky to remind us of our global competitors, but there are many smaller signs fast approaching on the horizon. The world is changing at a rapid pace, and many of our students lack the skills to succeed in the global knowledge economy."
— Excerpt of U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' Jan. 6, 2006, speech at the U.S. University Presidents' Summit on International Education in Washington, D.C.
- "At
some point, if we are to retain the lead in the global economic race,
we will have to rely on our homegrown and homebound human capital for
our competitive edge. Eventually, we will have to close the education
gap between our competition and ourselves. Eventually, holding our
lead in the global economic race depends on our ability to move up in
the global education race."
— Anthony P. Carnevale, Senior
Fellow, National Center on Education and the Economy, Washington D.C.
The focus of global education is the relationships
of the world’s cultures and systems and the connections of human
beings and their common fate, regardless of the national boundaries within
which they live.
Oklahoma Associations Supporting International Studies
(OASIS) is a collaboration of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education,
the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of
Commerce and is made possible through a grant provided by the Asia Society
and the Longview Foundation.
National Geographic Student Expeditions