Institutionalizing School-Based Managedment (SBM) in Teacher Education Colleges: An Acceleration Model of SBM Implementation in Indonesian Primary and Secondary Schools
by Muhammada Asfah Rahman, Faculty Member, State University of Makassar, Indonesia and IISE Visiting Scholar, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh
The Implementation of Pre-international Standard Schools in Indonesia: Between Quality and Prestige
by Fathor Rasyid, Faculty Member, State University of Malang, Indonesia, and IISE Visiting Scholar, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

The Consulate General of Japan in New York and the Pittsburgh JET Alumni Association welcome anyone interested in applying to teach English at K-12 schools in Japan or work as a coordinator for international relations in local and state government offices in Japan to join us for this information session about the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. For 24 years, the JET Program has welcomed over 54,000 participants from 56 countries to create grassroots connections for international exchange.

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!
Abstract TBA.

Please note that during the fall term, this series will be held on Wednesdays. In spring term, it will return to its usual Thursday schedule. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Celebrating its 30th year, the festival is one of the most eagerly awaited events in Pittsburgh, featuring independent American cinema, new documentaries and critically-acclaimed international films. There are visiting filmmakers, informal discussions, live music, parties and more. The venues are the Harris Theater, the Melwood Screening Room, and the Regent Square Theater.

On November 4 three films open at three separate locations, with a birthday party to follow at Pittsburgh Filmmakers' Oakland location, 477 Melwood Ave.

Purposeful Penny, a GSPIA student organization raising funds for educational development in developing countries, will host its third fundraising dinner. All food will be prepared by our "volunteer chefs." You will get to taste dishes from Korea, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Finland, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Peru, Chile, China, Sudan and the US all at one place! We will also have a raffle basket prize event themed as inter-cultural candy & cookie basket for your use on the Halloween Day.

This paper investigates the acquisition of imperfective aspect marker -teiru in Japanese. Through the analysis of caretaker speech and children's speech, it tests the predictions of the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis (Bickerton, 1981) and the Distributional Bias Hypothesis (Shirai & Andersen, 1995). The results show strong correspondences between input and children's language, and support the latter hypothesis.

Light refreshments will be served.

ASIA OVER LUNCH LECTURE – Noon in 4130 Posvar. Please feel free to join us for this lecture – all are welcome to bring their lunch or a snack along if you wish and enjoy!

Although many Americans are familiar with the kimono and similar fashions for men and women that are still worn in modern Japan, very few are familiar with one of the most elaborate of all styles, known as the twelve-layered robe (jūnihitoe, pronounced joo-nee-he-toe-eh) that often weigh in excess of 50 pounds, only seen today in museums, period films, or at certain annual festivals in Japan, as production of these robes has almost died out.