Online Forum on Civic Education links US, Eurasian Educators

More than 20 educators from Turkmenistan, Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan, learned about civic education in the United States during an IATP-sponsored online discussion. Turkmenistan university professors taking part in the online forum mentioned it was their first chance to discuss education curricula with international colleagues online. These professors later reported they are continuing to explore teaching materials on civic education provided by the forum expert and discuss civic engagement education issues via e-mail (materials available).

From March 9 to 19, 2009, University of Minnesota’s Center for Democracy and Citizenship Professor Dennis Donovan accessed the IATP online forum, sharing his extensive professional experience with interested educators across Eurasia. Professor Donovan introduced participants to the Center’s mission and activities, discussing his student mentoring methods, and addressed the participants’ many questions.

The interactive discussion revealed interest in the strategies used by American schools to engage youth in liberal arts education. Professor Donovan explained that the best US teachers develop relationships with their students and encourage the expression of different opinions, which he called a “strategy for modeling democracy.” Later in the discussion, the Eurasian educators learned about the Center’s international partnership network and received information on Hubert Humphrey Fellowship opportunities in their home countries. This online forum is one of ten international online networking events organized by IATP this year.

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