An NCTA and Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh
Mini-Course for K-12 Educators
Hybrid, Synchronous at The University of Pittsburgh
4130 Posvar Hall and Virtually via Zoom
This free K-12 educator mini-course will explore the major forces shaping the global landscape over the next half-century, equipping participants with the tools to critically analyze and teach about transformative global trends. Through a multi-disciplinary lens, the weekend course examines how emerging technologies, demographic transitions, shifting economies, and global health and environmental challenges intersect to redefine power, security, and opportunity worldwide. This mini course will not attempt to predict how the future will unfold but will highlight some of the important issues of today that will transform the world on the global, regional, national, and local levels over the next fifty years.
This will be a hybrid mini-course, and you may choose to attend online or in person. We have a limited number of travel subsidies available for those outside of the Pittsburgh area who wish to attend in person.
All educators who fully attend and participate in the two-day mini-course will receive teaching materials and resources after the program.
Educators who attend In-Person will receive a free book!
Benefits include a Certificate of Completion and Pennsylvania teachers will also receive Act 48 hours.
Mini-Course Schedule
In-Person Location
Room 4130, Posvar Hall, 230 South Bouquet Street, University of Pittsburgh 15260
All times on the schedule below are in Eastern Time
(If you are joining us virtually, please ensure you adjust these times as necessary for your time zone.)
Friday, April 17
- 5:00-5:30 PM-Dinner (Virtual Participants should please join us on Zoom at 5:30pm)
- 5:45-7:00 PM: "Educating Global Citizens in Challenging Times" with Dr. Fernando M. Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of the International Education Policy Masters Program at Harvard University.
- 7:15-8:30 PM: “U.S.-China Strategic Competition and Security Politics in East Asia with Dr. Thomas Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs.
Saturday, April 18:
- 8:30 - 9:00 AM: Breakfast (Vitual Participants should please join us on Zoom at 8:50am)
- 9:00 - 10:15 AM: "Teaching Pandemics and Emerging Diseases, with History in Mind" with Dr. Mari Webel, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh.
- 10:30 - 11:45 AM: "Teaching to a Global Choir : Pedagogies for the Demographic Century" with Dr. Parfait M. Eloundou Enyegue, Department of Global Development, Cornell University.
- 12:00 1:00 PM - Lunch (Virtual Participants can log off to rejoin the session again at 12:50pm)
- 1:00 - 2:15 PM: "Long Live the Hacktivists: Civic Tech and Participatory Governance in East Asia." with Dr. Richard J. Haddock, Assistant Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.
- 2:15 - 2:30 PM - Coffee Break (Virtual Participants can log off to rejoin the session again at 2:40 pm)
- 2:30 - 3:45 PM: “Teaching for the Next Fifty Years.” Curriculum development presentation by Maura Doyle, Social Studies teacher at Mount Lebanon High School.
- 3:45 pm: Curriculum Session - Activity/Resource share out
- 4:00 PM: Mini-Course Wrap-up and Goodbye
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