Presented by the OIA Area Studies Centers:
2022-2023 K-12 Global Fellowship Program
"Global Youth Culture and Subcultures"
Pil Ho Kim, The Ohio State University
K-Pop
January 7, 2023
9:00AM-12:00PM EST
The application for this year's program is now closed, Please check back during spring 2023 for updates about the 2023-24 program.
Applications are now being accepted for the OIA Area Studies Centers' 2022-2023 K-12 Global Fellowship Program. The program's aim is to connect teachers from across the state of Ohio in a series of discussion group sessions that focus on contemporary issues from a global perspective. The sessions will take place on Saturdays throughout the 2022-2023 academic year from 9AM-12PM via remote delivery.
Participation will depend on the completion and acceptance of a program application and attendance at all sessions is required. The program cohort will be limited to 40 pre- and in-service teachers and each participant will receive 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU) and text resources to use in their classrooms for completing the program. Two weeks prior to each session, participants will be provided with a reading to prepare in advance and each session will include a lecture by a guest expert followed by group discussion.
The theme for this year’s program is “Global Youth Culture and Subcultures” In this year’s program teachers will learn about different youth cultures and subcultures in East Asia, Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. This topic will inform educators on how different subcultures may have ties to different political, cultural, and/or social movements and ideologies. Participating educators will then be able to bring back what they've learned to their own classrooms to help students understand and learn about people their own age in different parts of the world.
2022-23 Program Dates and Subtopics
- September 10, 2022, 10:00-11:30AM EST: Pre-program orientation and networking session
- October 22, 2022, 9:00AM-12:00PM EST: "Music and Youth Politics in Former Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union" with Dr. Matthew Boyd (Ohio State U.)
- December 3, 2022, 9:00AM-12:00PM EST: "Youth as Social Activists and Global Consumer-Citizens in Latin/x America" with Dr. Laura Podalsky (Ohio State U.)
- January 7, 2023, 9:00AM-12:00PM EST: East Asia Regional Topic Session on K-Pop with Dr. Pil Ho Kim (Ohio State U.)
- February 11, 2023, 9:00AM-12:00PM: "Youth Movements and Resistance in Iran and the Role of Pop Music" with Dr. Mehrak Kamali (Ohio State U.) and Pooyan Moghaddassi
- March 4, 2023, 9:00AM-12:00PM EST: Pedagogy Session with Daniel Redman (Ohio State U.)
The 2022-23 program is free and open to all pre- and in-service teachers in the United States. Application accepted for cohorts starting in spring/summer.
Overview
The Area Studies Centers of the Office of International Affairs (the Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, CSEEES, the East Asian Studies Center, and the Middle East Studies Center) have partnered together since 2017 to organize the annual K-12 Global Fellowship program. The program’s aim is to connect teachers from across the United States in a series of discussion group sessions that focus on contemporary issues from a global perspective. The sessions are led by regional experts and will engage K-12 teachers in a series of guided readings, lectures, and group discussions to increase their knowledge of the global dimension of salient issues affecting the world in order to prepare them to lead discussions about these issues back in the classroom.
Logistics
Each year, teachers are selected to participate in the K-12 Global Fellowship program. As part of the program, teachers participate in guided discussions with guest experts and fellow teachers over the course of seven months. The program consists of a cohort orientation in August or September, three or four regional specific presentations on the topic led by an expert (one or two sessions in the fall, and one or two in the spring), and a final pedagogy session in March. Sessions are three hours and take place on select Saturday mornings. For each regional session, participants are provided with background readings (typically 20-30 pages of scholarly articles and/or media publications) at least two weeks in advance to give them a basic foundation for discussion at the session. By learning about a topic over an extended time period and from a multi-regional perspective, the goal of the K-12 Global Fellowship program is to empower teachers to engage with the topic more deeply and generate more curricular connections.
Participants will have access to a website (password protected for program participants) where the material for each session will be posted, as well as ongoing program information.
Requirements
Participants are expected to attend all sessions and complete all readings.
Benefits
Teachers who participate in the program receive:
- Curricular resources
- Pedagogical support
- 1.65 Continuing Education Units (16.5 contact hours)
The seminar is organized by the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Center (CSEEES), in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), East Asian Studies Center (EASC), and the Middle East Studies Center (MESC) with support from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grants.
