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Domestic Intercultural Immersion Community of Practice: Embracing the Somali Immigrant Experience in Midwestern Public Schools.
Program Coordinators:
Drs. Kate Mastruserio Reynolds & Aram de Koven
105 Garfield Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54702 USA
Information for Somali Families
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Information for UW-Eau Claire Student Participants
Program Description
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This intercultural immersion experience for undergraduate pre-service teachers brings together a nexus of race, culture, history, contemporary immigrant experiences, socio-economic status, and second language learning/study and teaching. In order for the pre-service teacher participants in this experience to understand the intersection of diversity and immigrant experiences, you will be immersed in a rich and unique immigrant community in the Midwest, the Somalis of Minneapolis/ Saint Paul.
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Program Cost
$75.00 |
Program Benefits
This intercultural immersion experience will provide an unparalleled opportunity for the participants to develop a deep understanding of the challenges of urban immigrant life in the United States as well as the influence of race, culture, history, socioeconomic status, and second language learning/study and teaching.
Increasingly, Somali immigrants are migrating into Wisconsin communities such as Barron, but teachers and the communities know so little about their culture, traditions, language, and life styles, that the teachers are greatly challenged to include Somalis productively into school life or the community. Our overarching goal is to give our pre-service teachers at Eau Claire a jump start in understanding the Somali culture and immigrant experiences, so they can serve as a cultural bridge and ease transitions for Somali learners in their k-12 public classrooms. We hope that a deep understanding of one minority community of language learners will transfer into a more welcoming posture for other minority cultures as well, such as the increasing numbers of Hispanic and Ethiopian learners in our k-12 public schools. |
Application
Application due date: November 15, 2010 |
Program Requirements
Student participants will
- apply to the program and pay the participation fee ($75)
- complete a pre and post experience survey
- write open-ended, journal before, during and after the experience,
- write a summative paper
- share their learning formally and/or informally to the UWEC community and their professional field in the form of presentations and publications.
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Length
Four (4) weeks total:
- Before the experience: 2 meetings per week for 2 weeks.
- Immersion experience: 6days /5 nights in Winterim 2011.
- After the immersion, 1 evening meeting.
Dates
Exam week:
Dec 15 or 16 from 5-7pm
Jan 4, 2011 from 5-7pm
Jan 5, 2011 from 5-7pm
Jan 6, 2011 from 5-7pm
TRIP. Jan 9 (afternoon departure)-14 (evening return) from 5-7pm
Post trip meeting: Jan 20, 2011 from 5-7pm
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