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About Online Book Discussion Groups

 

Online book groups are another opportunity for NCTA alumni as well as those who are new to NCTA to strengthen their interest in and commitment to teaching about East Asia in their classrooms. A book is selected by the discussion group leader and is discussed over the course of a few months. In addition to readings, the group may be expected to complete assignments such as discussion posts, reactions to the readings, and pose questions for further analysis. Registration is required for the discussion group and it is open to all NCTA alumni in our 11 state region. There are also book groups that are taught nationwide and are availabe to interested educators in all states. Previous online discussion group books have been Mao Zedong by Jonathan Spence and China's Second Continent by Howard W. French.

Please check back here frequently and on the main page for online book groups.

 

 

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Online Book Discussion Group(s)

Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control

Spring 2023 NCTA Alumni Online Book Discussion Group:

Surveillance State:  

Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control

by Josh Chin and Liza Lin

This discussion group is for NCTA Alumni in the University of Pittsburgh Coordinating Site region (PA, OH, MI, WV, MD, AL, MN, DE, LA, IL, KY) 

This winter Dr. Diana M. Wood and NCTA Alumni Cindy McNulty will lead a free asynchronous discussion group for NCTA alumni educators on Surveillance State: Inside China’s Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control, by Josh Chin and Liza Lin. These Wall Street Journal reporters examine the astonishing reach and personal consequences of China’s expanding surveillance network. Topics include: the use of technology to control the Uyghurs of Xinjiang, Hangzhou as a model “smart city,” Chinese attitudes toward privacy, and the role Covid played in expanding state surveillance. 

For Pennsylvania teachers, completion of this book discussion will be worth fourteen Act 48 hours.  For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a certificate of completion and/or a personal letter from the instructor. All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the book. 

 

This discussion group is for NCTA Alumni in the University of Pittsburgh Coordinating Site region (PA, OH, MI, WV, MD, AL, MN, DE, LA, IL, KY) 

After you register, we will send you a confirmation email and will (depending on your response below) a complimentary copy of the book.  You will also receive information on logging on to the Proboards Discussion Board site and a schedule of the readings and assignments. 

 

Registration Deadline: December 20, 2022 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Online Book Discussion Group(s)
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Online Book Group

Great Books of East Asia - The Story of Hong Gildong

 

Great Books of East Asia - The Story of Hong Gildong

Thursday, October 27, 2022



6:00pm - 8:30pm (Eastern Time)

Join Pitt NCTA for the second program in our free online book discussion group series for K-12 educators. October’s Great Books of East Asia will provide you with the chance to go on a rollicking and picaresque adventure with Hong Gildong, the “Robin Hood of Korea.” The Story of Hong Gildong is one of the most popular and influential premodern Korean novels and remains important in Korean culture and literature. Join historian Dr. Minsoo Kang, translator of the recent Penguin Classics edition of The Story of Hong Gildong, who will help us to understand how the son of a nobleman becomes the leader of a band of honest outlaws meting out their own version of justice to the corrupt and entitled. Master NCTA teacher Anne Gerbner will provide some context for incorporating this story into the curriculum.  

The discussion on this Korean classic will take place via Zoom on October 27, 2022 at 6pm (Eastern Time).  Registrants will be sent a complimentary copy of Dr. Kang’s The Story of Hong Gildong as well as the graphic novel The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: Outlaw Hero of Korea (by Anne Sibley O’Brien).  

Pennsylvania teachers who complete this workshop will receive 2.5 Act 48 hours.  For teachers in other states, we can provide you with a certificate of completion. 

After you register, we will send you a confirmation email and will (depending on your response below) a complimentary copies of the books. Educators who complete the program will receive a Certificate Completion; Pennsylvania teachers will receive Act 48 hours.   You will also receive information on accessing the Zoom meeting for the workshop in a follow-up email. 

 
Registration deadline: October 3, 2022 
 
To register for this program, please visit this link: https://forms.gle/mMcUM76NHUXU4mch9
 
 
 

More About Great Books of East Asia Series
 

The Great Books of East Asia is a free book discussion series that will give K-12 educators a chance to delve deeply into important and foundational books from East Asia that they may know of or even teach about but may have never read in an enriching way.  Some books in the series are significant for understanding East Asia or are well known as important works of world literature. Others may not be familiar outside of a particular country but are a central part of that country’s literature.  Participants will be provided with complimentary copies of the books (in translation). The discussions will be led a faculty expert who will provide content and context on the work, and an NCTA master teacher who will discuss ways to incorporate the work into the classroom.

 
Event/Opportunity Type: 
Online Book Discussion Group(s)
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Online Book Discussion & Workshop