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GSE's Commitment to International Education ALUMNI NEWSLETTER www.gse.buffalo.edu SPECIAL ISSUE: Internationalization of GSE SPRING/SUMMER 2009 GSE’s Commitment to 2 Dean’s Message International Education Dean Gresham discusses her trip to China and the Buffalo Tanzania Education Project. BY STEPHEN DUNNETT 3 Faculty Focus As a faculty member and proud alumnus of the has conducted training Christine Wang is committed to Graduate School of Education, I am delighted programs at UB for STEPHEN DUNNETT cross-cultural and international research to commend GSE for its longstanding commit- educators and officials in early childhood education. ment to internationalization. For many years, from institutions in the school has been globally engaged, attract- Egypt, Hungary, Latvia, Russia, Indonesia, and 4 ing outstanding students and faculty from many sub-Saharan African countries. Online Programs GSE online programs are experiencing around the world, and conducting research Since its founding nearly 40 years ago, a growth in international enrollment. and educational programs with a strong GSE’s own English Language Institute (ELI) international focus. GSE has a distinguished has greatly advanced the internationalization 5 international alumni community that includes of UB not only by bringing large numbers of Emeritus Faculty Spotlight many university leaders and senior officials in international students to campus, but by Bruce Johnstone continues to have ministries of education around the world. developing innovative international programs an impact on international education The school has been home to world-class both at UB and with institutional partners in during his retirement. international research centers, including the many countries around the world. Of the more 6 Center for Comparative Education and the than 30,000 students who have attended Faculty Research Center for Comparative and International programs in ELI, many have gone on to earn GSE faculty members are pursuing a Higher Education. Internationally renowned undergraduate, graduate, or professional variety of research projects that have scholars in the field of comparative higher degrees at UB,at other Buffalo-area institutions, global implications. education, including Philip Altbach, Bruce and at universities across the U.S. In partnership 7 Johnstone, and William Cummings have made with GSE’s program in TESOL (teaching Alumni News GSE one of the leading centers for research and English to speakers of other languages), ELI has Learn how GSE international alumni are education in this field for many years. helped train a large number of ESL/EFL contributing to education around the world. GSE has pioneered the delivery of academic (English as a second/foreign language) teachers, degree programs overseas, beginning with its some of whom now direct programs of their 8 master’s program for college faculty conducted own in the U.S. and other countries. Yu-Chin Liu Award in Nigeria in the 1970s and continuing with Thanks to Dean Mary Gresham’s leader- Alumna Joy Chung established this award to provide financial assistance more recent programs such as the master’s in ship, GSE has been and continues to be at the to doctoral students. school counseling in Singapore, which is now forefront of UB’s internationalization efforts. I enrolling its fifth cohort of students. look forward to continuing to work with Dean 9 The school has taken a major role in the Gresham and my GSE colleagues to implement School District Spotlight faculty development activities of UB projects in the university’s ambitious internationalization The Clarence Central School District is other parts of the world, including Central and agenda. participating in an educational exchange Eastern Europe, as well as various countries in program with China. Stephen Dunnett (Ph.D. ’77, Higher Education) East and Southeast Asia.Working with sponsors is the UB vice provost for international education 10 such as Fulbright, the International Research and a professor in GSE’s Department of Learning HIRE Education Conference and Exchanges Board,and the World Bank,GSE and Instruction. The 2008 conference featured a career track addressing the concerns of international students. TRANSFORMINGLIVESTHROUGHEDUCATION Dean’s Message Although the term“think globally,act locally”is there is little agreement on what the standards should be. Learning often used pertaining to the environment, the several languages is the norm outside of the U.S.,and most realize the idea of thinking“global”and acting“local”may cultural and interpersonal benefits of multilingualism.(Once when have first appeared in relation to city planning. I was in Malaysia, the chancellor of one university said that since When Friedman’s book hit the stands in 2005, they wanted to be a world class university,he thought it was time for the reality of our economic, social, and political them to require three languages instead of two!; in most American connectedness to“neighbors”half a world away schools languages can be optional.) We certainly have a venerable resonated with many who had not taken the system of public education,but it is important for us to remain open time to consider the impact of the“flattening”of to learning from other countries just as they seek to learn from us. our world. For the educator of today, the Recently we hosted a visit by Dr. Zhou and a colleague relevance of this concept should be clear: in who were here to meet with some of our faculty and with order to prepare students for their participation representatives of several school districts who are interested in MARY GRESHAM in our world they must have an appreciation of creating professional development opportunities with our Chinese the global context that impacts our daily lives. counterparts (see page 7). During the summer, I will be part of an In American education, we are concerned with student exploratory group that includes the dean of the UB School of achievement and standards; leadership and information Architecture and Planning and UB’s special assistant to the technology; and professional preparation and diversity, just to president for educational initiatives, traveling to the northern name a few of the issues we discuss in our schools and universities. region of Tanzania to address the lack of educational opportunities These same concerns are shared by educators across the globe as for young women in that area by developing a secondary school we each grapple with the best way to prepare the next generation for girls, and eventually the creation of a comprehensive campus. of leaders for all sectors of our society. You can learn more about the Buffalo Tanzania Education Project Last fall, I was invited to an Asia-Pacific Conference on at www.buffalo.edu/pk16/LearningOpportunities/BeyondBuffalo/ International Education organized by our alum Nan-zhao Zhou buffalo_tanzania_education_project.php. (Ph.D. ’89, Social Foundations), where I listened to and shared I hope you will enjoy this issue in which we share our with individuals from many countries including: China, Australia, involvement with our neighbors across the globe. Nigeria, Togo, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Tanzania, England,Singapore,and the U.S.There was much to learn from one another and many common challenges, but the primary lesson for me was that our differences are not so much in kind as in the Mary H. Gresham methods by which we address these challenges. For example, in (Ph.D. ’92, Counseling Psychology) America we have standards for student achievement to be sure, but Dean, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo Mary Gresham (front row, fifth from left) and Nan-zhao Zhou (front row, ninth from left) at the Asia-Pacific Conference on International Education. 2 GRADUATESCHOOLOFEDUCATION FACULTY FOCUS Early Childhood Education: International Perspectives As a Chinese scholar studying and working influences on classroom practices and adapted and appropriated to support in the U.S., I am committed to studying curricula. As one of a few preschool young children’s learning (especially early cross-cultural and international issues in vouchers in the world, the system in Hong literacy) in China and the U.S. This early childhood education (ECE). My Kong also has the potential to offer insights research can aid our understanding of the previous ECE research in China revealed on policy and funding reform in early universality or culture-specific nature of that three distinct cultural threads— childhood education in America. The young children’s uses of technology. traditional culture, communist culture, results from our large-scale survey study In addition to collaborative projects, I and Western culture—have mixed to indicate positive effects on the availability, have also actively engaged in research profoundly shape different aspects of accessibility, and accountability of ECE as exchanges with universities in Asia. I presented my research on ICT in ECE at Beijing Normal University and East China X. CHRISTINE WANG Normal University in 2005. As a visiting scholar at HKU and HKIE during Summer 2007, I presented my research and Assistant Professor consulted with local researchers on their Department of Learning and Instruction research projects. Based on these (716) 645-4056 collaborations, my colleagues and I are [email protected] currently co-editing a special issue on “Accountability and Quality in Early Chinese early childhood education. As a perceived by kindergarten principals, Childhood Education: Perspectives from result of the rapid sociocultural changes in teachers, and parents.Weare continuing to Asia” for the journal Early Education and China, teacher education is also going study the long-term effects of the voucher Development. through a great transformation. My study system on classroom practices and Finally, as a steering committee on ECE teacher education in China member, I helped launch the Pacific detailed such challenges, and Early Childhood Education Research suggested ways to explore localized Association (PECERA) in 2000, and I and culturally appropriate early “…it is both easier and increasingly currently sit on its governing board.
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