{"id":818,"date":"2016-08-09T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T19:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=818"},"modified":"2016-08-09T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T20:08:25","slug":"monday-missive-august-9-2016-a-day-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/monday-missive-august-9-2016-a-day-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – August 9, 2016 (a day late)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Going Global <\/b>— I just returned from Great Britain where I presented a paper at the Oxford Education Research Symposium.\u00a0 This symposium drew scholars from around the globe.\u00a0 Among the many countries represented at the symposium were Australia, Brazil, Iran, Italy, Kenya, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.\u00a0 During the symposium, everyone talked about education within a global context.\u00a0 We talked about how technology is used in schools from many different parts of the world.\u00a0 We talked about bilingual education and how other language issues impact schools in countries where more than one language is commonly spoken.\u00a0 We talked about how global cultural conflicts affect education.\u00a0 We talked about how global economic and political developments often lead to changing attitudes toward children and child rearing.\u00a0 I came away from this symposium with a heightened awareness of how educational systems and approaches are affected by global trends and movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

My experience at Oxford University got me thinking about our English Department’s global connections.\u00a0 Of course, many of our faculty members participate in international conferences.\u00a0 Just this summer Balaka Basu, Pilar Blitvich, Boyd Davis, Janaka Lewis, Malin Pereira, and Alan Rauch have all presented papers at conferences held outside of the United States.\u00a0 However, our global connections also extend into the classroom.\u00a0 I could mention many cases of our faculty members’ involvement in international teaching, but I will limit myself to two notable and very recent examples.\u00a0 For the second half of the summer, Becky Roeder has been teaching college English to Chinese students in Shanghai, China.\u00a0 Also during the second half of the summer, Manuela (Manu) Vida from the University of Cologne in Germany has been teaching a section of ENGL 3132 (Introduction to Contemporary American English) here at UNC Charlotte.\u00a0 I think it is a sign of the global nature of linguistics that Manu, who is a linguist from Germany, can come to the United States and teach our students about American English.\u00a0 As these two examples illustrate, the teaching in our English Department is already going global.<\/p>\n

Kudos<\/b>\u2014 As you know, I like to use my Monday Missives to share news about recent accomplishments by members of our department.\u00a0 Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dina Schiff Massachi<\/b>, a recent graduate of our M.A. program in English, recently published a chapter titled “Suffragist Matilda Gage’s Influence on Oz” in a book titled Poor Richard’s Ozmanac.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Anita Moss <\/b>published an article titled “Completing the Circle:\u00a0 Storytelling and Community in Michael Dorris’s Sees Behind Trees <\/i>in the spring\/summer 2016 issue of RISE:\u00a0 A Children’s Literacy Journal.<\/i>\u00a0 <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Quirky Quiz Question<\/b>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Manu Vida is a graduate student of a former faculty member from our English Department who now teaches at the University of Cologne.\u00a0 Does anybody know the name of this former member of our English Department?<\/p>\n

Last week’s answer: The Phantom Tollbooth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Norton Juster spent most of his career working as an architect, but he also enjoyed writing for children.\u00a0 In addition to writing The Hello, Goodbye Window,he wrote one of the most famous American fantasy novels intended for children.\u00a0 This novel came out in 1961.\u00a0 Does anybody know the title of this classic novel?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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