As the NCTA program has grown and expanded across the country, we have become increasingly interested in exploring ways that we can strengthen NCTA alumni teachers' interest in and commitment to improving teaching about East Asia. Within the Pittsburgh region we will support the following types of enrichment activities:
- Support for professional development including trips to museums and other cultural events
- Networking opportunities for NCTA alumni
- Purchase of Asia-related teaching materials
- Support for special school clubs/activities
- Support for attendance at professional conferences. Below are the guidelines.
NCTA Pittsburgh will support the cost of your registration, transportation costs if the roundtrip is more than 100 miles, double occupancy lodging and the cost of meals up to $40 per day. You will need to provide us with a list of estimated expenses prior to the event and with all receipts after the event. Following the event you should submit all receipts for reimbursement along with a 1-2 page report summarizing and evaluating the sessions attended.
News About Professional & Curriculum Development Opportunities
Check regularly the following websites for news about summer institutes, workshops, and travel opportunities related to Asia
2008-9 Enrichment Events
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 2008-09 NCTA/World History Network Seminars.
For a second year , NCTA is teaming up with the World History Center to deliver a series of seminars on world history (with an Asian focus) to school teachers. These workshops are designed with NCTA teachers in mind, but are open to all interested educators. Participation in any of the seminars is free and open to the public.
Next Seminar: THE JAPANESE TEXTBOOK CONTROVERSY, 5:30-8pm, November 11, 2008. 4130 W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh.
Speaker: Shingo Minamizuka, from the Department of Intercultural Communications at Hosei University in Tokyo.
Preparatory Readings: Article by Kathleen Woods Masalski at: http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-1/japan.htm
Registration Deadline: November 7, 2008.
Flyer and Registration Form: Japan Textbook Controversy Flyer
Sponsored by: NCTA, The Asian Studies Center, and The World History Center.
Previous Seminars:
2008-09 Seminars:
The first in this cycle of seminars was Interpreting Japan’s Role In the Period 1890-1910 was held on October 21, 2008 and was led by Shingo Minamizuka, from the Department of Intercultural Communications at Hosei University in Tokyo.
2007-08 Seminars:
The first seminarEast Asia in the World Economy 1600-1900 was held on October 17, 2007
The second seminar, Africa: China's Great Leap into the Continent was held on November 19th, 2007. Speaker: Joshua Eisenman from UCLA and the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington D.C. Readings: China's Africa Strategy
The Third Seminar, From Revolution to Globalization: A Half-Century Rendezvous between Beijing and Havana. was held on March 11, 2008. Speaker: inghong Cheng , Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy at Delaware State University. Readings: “Sino-Cuban Relations During the Early Years of the Castro Regime, 1959-1966”.
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