Melissa and Sarah at work

Day 6: Nanjing

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October 16th 2009
Today the teachers and fellows spent the morning presenting their lessons to college students at JIE’s main campus. These students are training to become middle school teachers. The purpose of these lectures is to offer the students an example of an inquiry-based lesson but, more important, it shows them how they can teach the materials and incorporate this different style of instruction into ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Nanjing

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more