Given the importance of nurturing an educational
perspective that goes beyond local and national boundaries, Graduate School of Education (GSE) global efforts
facilitate significant academic contact and cultural exchange between GSE
faculty and students, educators, and learners from schools and universities
abroad. These experiences provide the framework for essential cooperation and joint
ventures in research, instructional collaboration, cultural immersion, and
implementation of binational research and development projects. We are
committed to educating students for responsible global citizenship in ways that
both deepen their learning and improve the quality of the world community.
Study
Tour Programs
GSE faculty and staff are committed to providing opportunities for students and educators to experience different cultures and educational systems outside of New Jersey classrooms. Educators and graduate students complete seminars with educational experts and hands-on classroom and community-service activities in diverse communities abroad. Participants develop curricula innovations and interventions that are brought back for dissemination to other teachers and students/learners in their own school districts. A timely theme is developed for each program year.
South Africa Initiative (http://www.gse.rutgers.edu/southafrica)
Launched in the fall of 2001, the
Rutgers Graduate School of Education's South Africa Initiative (SAI)
facilitates international contact between the United States and South Africa
with the vision of empowering K-12 educators as vital agents and architects of
a diverse democracy. The ultimate goal is to develop a true exchange of talents
and expertise via in-person contact and through distance-education technology,
where educators from the United States and South Africa develop strategies and
interventions for the improvement of teaching and learning, as well as community/life-skills learning in both countries. We are committed to educating
students for responsible global citizenship in ways that both deepen their
learning and improve the quality of the world community.
