Graduate School Of Education faculty members are committed to nurturing
an educational perspective that goes beyond local and national
boundaries. Accordingly, the faculty have launched a number of international
initiatives
which have been coordinated by the Office of Continuing Education
&
Global Programs.
The GSE has entered into exchange agreements with the University of Veracruz
in Mexico, Beijing Normal University in the Peoples Republic of China,
Fukui and Osaka Universities in Japan, Chungbuk University in Korea, Kyiv
State University in Ukraine, and Hebrew University in Israel. Negotiations
to establish exchange agreements with the Universities in the United Kingdom,
Netherlands, and Argentina are under way. These exchange agreements facilitate
significant research collaboration and academic contact between faculty
and students of the GSE and those from universities abroad.
The
Office has also sponsored study tours that have provided the opportunity
for students and faculty to study the educational systems and cultures of
China, the United Kingdom, Japan, Ukraine and Israel. These tours are designed
to facilitate international contact and to further cross-national considerations
of educational issues.
For over ten years the GSE has sponsored, with the assistance of the Soros
Foundation and the U.S. Department of State, students from the newly independent
central and eastern European nations. The GSE continues to welcome, encourage,
and support the enrollment of qualified students from all parts of the
world.
Rutgers International Symposiums have focused on global issues. The 1993
conference "Promise and Challenge in Teacher Education and International
Perspective"
was one of the first systematic attempts by teacher educators to view teacher
training as a global issue. The 1999 conference "Diversity in the New Millenium:
An International Perspective"
brought together scholars from China, Japan,
Israel, Ukraine, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States
to examine the impact of emerging identities
upon educational policy and practice.
Please contact our office if you are interested in learning more about global
programs at the GSE.
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