Programs in International Educational Resources

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Programs in International Educational Resources
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INTRODUCING THEPIER DirectorsAfrican,
European, International, Latin American, and
Middle East Studies French language and culture
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PIERs Mission

• To bring Yale Universitys
• extensive resources to schools,
• business, media, and the public
• through
• ? programs
• ? services
• ? resources
• focusing on international and world
• regional issues.

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What PIER Does

• Intensive Summer Institutes
• Professional development workshops at Yale and in
  schools and community colleges
• Production and evaluation of educational
  materials
• PIER Collection of video, text and other
  resources
• Curriculum consultation and development

• Lectures, conferences, and other events for
  educators, students, business, media, and the
  community
• Language and cultural exposure
• Field study abroad opportunities
• School partnerships exchanges
• Business and media consulting
• Professional and intercultural training

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PIER Summer Institutes

• 1 2 week intensive seminars
• Lectures by leading scholars from Yale and other
  experts
• Films, field trips, site visits, hands-on
  cultural activities
• Teaching resources
• Lesson plan design

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PIER 2005 Summer Institutes at Yale

• July 6 15
• The Teaching of Africa
• The European Experiment
• July 6 14
• Tracing Los Andes
• July 11 16
• Arts in Action in the Middle East
• Globalization Focus on South Asia

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PIER Field Studies Abroad

• 2003 Portraits of Puerto Rican Communities
• 2004
• Fulbright-Hays Group Project to Ghana
• Freeman Field Study to China
• 2005 (proposed)
• Morocco
• Brussels, Paris, Strasbourg
• Andean region

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PIER Student Programs

• In-school and on-campus programs
• School Partnerships Exchanges
• COOP Language Program
• New Haven Festival of Arts and Ideas
• Greater New Haven Cooperative International
  Studies Program
• Project LEARN

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Workshops On-Site or On-Campus

• Resource Sessions
• K-12 Student Programs
• Third Thursdays and after school
• Saturday Workshops
• Yale Lectures and Events

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PIER Resource Center

• Documentary and training videos
• Feature films on video
• CD-ROMs educational software
• Slide sets
• Multimedia units
• Cassettes CDs
• Artifact kits

• Books monographs
• Textbooks
• Children's books
• Maps
• Lesson plans and curriculum guides
• Periodicals
• http//www.yale.edu/ycias/pier/
• resourcecenter.htm

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Contactshttp//www.yale.edu/ycias/pier

• ?International Affairs
• Janet Headley
• PIER Manager, PIER Director,
• 203-432-3429
• janet.headley_at_yale.edu
• ?European Studies
• Brian Carter
• 203-432-3424
• brian.carter_at_yale.edu
• ?Latin American/Iberian Studies
• Carolina Belalcázar
• 203-432-5605
• carolina.belalcazar_at_yale.edu

• ?African Studies
• Max Amoh
• 203-432-3438
• maxwell.amoh_at_yale.edu
• ?Resource Center for the Teaching of
  French
• Mireille Déchelette
• 203-764-8350
• mireille.dechelette_at_yale.edu
• ?Middle East Studies
• Greta Scharnweber
• 203-432-8135
• greta.scharnweber_at_yale.edu

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PIER Support to Staff Development Proposed
Organization
Culture ?Multiple Perspectives Seeing the
World from the Eyes of The
Other Connections ?Interconnectedness over
Time and Space Thinking Globally
?Cross-cultural experiences Interacting with
The Other Challenges ?Global Issues
Understanding the Complexity and Conflicts of
a Dynamic World Merryfield, M. Kasai,
M. How Are Teachers Responding to
Globalization? Social Educator 68, No. 5
(September 2004) 354 359. Collins, H.T. et
al (1995). Guidelines for Global and
International Studies Education Challenges,
Culture, Connections as found at
http//www.globaled.org/guidelines/index.php