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Author CIEE Launches Innovative Online Courses to Help Aspiring Educators Teach Abroad with Confidence
Portland, Maine (PRWEB) October 01, 2014
CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange proudly announces the launch of its Teach English as a Foreign Language(TEFL) certification courses – online courses that provide optimal preparation to teach English in classrooms around the world.
In keeping with its mission to help people thrive in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse environment, CIEE TEFL courses prepare new teachers to enter classrooms with knowledge of TEFL theories and teaching practices, plus keen cultural awareness. The professional-level TEFL certification course exceeds the requirements of competitive hiring institutions and fulfills the visa terms of local and national governments.
“We want to give people all the tools they need to explore the world and its many diverse cultures,” says Matthew Redman, director of CIEE’s Teach Abroad programs. “CIEE TEFL is an important addition to our company’s offerings – it provides practical skills and knowledge and allows people to go abroad with confidence that they’re completely prepared to make the most of their time overseas.”
As a leading provider of Teach Abroad programs, CIEE has helped thousands of college graduates participate in CIEE Teach Abroad programs all over the world. By working closely with participants from the time they decide to go abroad until well after they’ve returned, CIEE has discovered that success abroad directly correlates with the sense of readiness program participants have.
In 2013, CIEE set out to build TEFL courses that would prepare participants more thoroughly than traditional TEFL courses by third-party providers. CIEE’s program developers consulted with intercultural experts, ESL professionals, education programmers, and academic peers to develop and optimize curriculum, produce content, and achieve accreditation from the World TEFL Accrediting Commission. The result is an innovative approach that addresses the needs of CIEE TEFL trainees, hiring institutions, and international English learners.
CIEE’s two TEFL courses are conducted via a convenient, cloud-based learning management system that can be accessed anywhere with computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Students attend weekly meetings, participate in discussions, and receive feedback on assignments from experienced EFL tutors. Students who choose professional-level certification also complete a 20-hour practicum in their communities or virtually, giving them a valuable opportunity to practice what they’ve learned and build confidence.
A pilot course produced positive feedback from students, who appreciate the convenience, flexibility, engaging interaction, and variation of this online format. “I liked being able to move through the modules at my own pace, and the ability to connect with my peers through discussions and tutorials,” notes a student from Massachusetts.
Equally important, students confirm that the course gives them more confidence. “I feel more comfortable about teaching now than I ever did – and I’m only halfway done!” says a student from Utah who departs soon for Thailand. “For the first time, I really began to believe in myself as a teacher,” adds a student from Michigan who soon will be teaching in Spain.
CIEE TEFL courses begin October 6; new courses begin every two weeks. Visit ciee.org/tefl, send an email to tefl@ciee.org, or call 207-274-5711 for more information.
CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange
Founded in 1947, CIEE is the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization, serving 300 U.S. colleges and universities, 1,000 U.S. high schools, and more than 35,000 international exchange students each year. CIEE operates 60 study centers in 40 countries, sponsors international faculty training programs, teach abroad programs, and various specialty and custom programs for secondary, post-secondary, and international students. Visit http://www.ciee.org.
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Musicians, Educators, and 600,000 Students Band Together for Music Education in Australian Schools; Monster Music Reacts
Australia (PRWEB) December 12, 2012
Music: Count Us In 2012, in which 600,000 students in schools across Australia sang the same song at the same time in November, was seen as a huge success, according to an article from The Age. Professional singer, songwriter, and musician Josh Pyke mentored three high school students, Sun Woo Kim, Ryan Chelva, and Jorja Bromley, and collaborated with them on the song, called “Different People (Stand Together).”
The three students were chosen because, after considering 80 songs for the event, judges decided that three songs were worthy, and decided to give all three young songwriters a chance to be mentored in a workshop with a professional, where they wrote the song from scratch.
Music: Count Us In, whose mission is to raise support and awareness for music education in schools across Australia, has been in existence since 2007. It is run by the Music Council of Australia, with support from ex-Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett, currently the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. Other high-profile supporters this year were “The Voice” contestants Prinnie Stevens and Mahalia Barnes.
According to the same The Age article, Richard Letts, who is currently the Music Council of Australia’s Executive Director, was happy with the participation in the event, but is not happy with the current state of music education in Australian schools. According to Letts, up to 80% of primary schools in NSW do not have any music education in their classrooms. Letts points out that in a four year teaching degree curriculum, future teachers only receive 17 hours of music education.
Letts also points out that the economic status of schools plays a factor in whether or not they have music education, with the more-affluent schools receiving music education, while less-affluent schools don’t. Letts also references literacy studies in which musical classes were proven to be more effective at producing literacy than literacy classes are.
In a recent post on his blog, Danny Achurch, Owner and Proprietor of Monster Music, writes that “Australian schools are coming up woefully short in music education.”
Achurch is concerned about the state of music education in Australian schools: “It is fairly well-documented that the 80% figure of schools that don’t offer music education quoted by Richard Letts is accurate, not only in NSW, but all across Australia. There are so many benefits to a music education, intellectually and socially, that not having music constitutes neglect on the part of the Australian educational system.”
Achurch continued, “Music helps kids learn. It helps kids relate to one another. It helps kids with self-esteem issues. All of these benefits are totally outside the scope of what most educators consider when they make decisions concerning music education, and they are being taken away from our children because most educators have no idea of the benefits provided by music education.”
Achurch contributes what he can through Monster Music: “We would love to see the system change, and see more music taught in Australian schools, but we don’t see it happening in the near future. We respect and admire those who are trying to change that system, but it does no good to students who are currently being deprived of the far-reaching benefits of music education.”
Achurch’s solution: private music lessons. “The only effective way to ensure that students get a musical education is to get them private lessons outside of the school system.”
Monster Music offers guitar, voice, piano, bass guitar, drum, violin, and general music lessons in Melbourne, Perth and across Australia.
Visit their website here for more information: http://www.monstermusic.com.au/ or call them at 08 9335 8881.
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African Entrepreneurship Educators Rush for New On the internet Entrepreneurship Education Material
(PRWEB) November 17, 2009
African teachers in the fields of entrepreneurship education have located a fantastic source of Company Strategy Details that allows them to teach entrepreneurship at a high level but at no cost.
The good results of the newly developed on the web education material relies on the fact that the teacher himself can take down the material and use it in his teaching – directly from internet to class room.
“It is a brand new approach that education material is targeting the individual teacher rather of the institution, where the teacher teach,” says the author of the education material, Mr. Mogens Thomsen, from Thomsen Enterprise Details, “Why delay the distribution of outstanding education material in school bureaucracy when practically all teachers are on-line?” says Mogens Thomsen.
Entrepreneurship education material can be identified here
Unleashing Entrepreneurship
In the UNDP report “Unleashing Entrepreneurship” it is stated that entrepreneurship only can be unleashed if there is “Access to Skill and Knowledge”. The African teachers have at http://www.dynamicbusinessplan.com identified the needed entrepreneurship resources that give them the ability to educate effectively and thereby give skill and information to their students.
According to the author of the education material, Mr. Mogens Thomsen, entrepreneurship education consists of three ingredients:
1. Creativity – making all kinds of ideas
two. Innovation – discover the value in selected concepts
three. Entrepreneurship – create a enterprise from the innovative thought
Creativity Leads to Entrepreneurship
“The teacher in entrepreneurship utilizes his own abilities to produce a creative understanding environment, and The Dynamic Organization Plan will be the platform from where the students produce their business,” says Mogens Thomsen and continues, “In the entire procedure the teachers ought to be student-centered and urge students to solve issues and reflect on their experiences – just like actual entrepreneurs.”
Entrepreneurship is a World Trend
“Throughout the world, student interest in entrepreneurship as a career selection is growing although interest in classic professional employment in large business is gradually declining.” This words said by Professor in Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle, EMLYON Company School, captures the essence of entrepreneurship education in Africa – and the rest of the world.
English, French and Portuguese
All sub Saharan countries can use the Enterprise strategy data since the education material is developed in English, French and Portuguese. You uncover info about Plano de Negocios and Program d’Affaire.
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