Calling All Teachers, Student Teachers and Teacher Educators
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is looking for your views and experiences with diversity in your
classrooms! They have organized an online survey as part of a project on Teacher Education for Diversity being run by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation at the OECD.
Take the survey here: OECD Teacher Survey
The deadline is December 17, 2008.
The survey should take around 10 – 15 minutes to complete and you are guaranteed that your responses are anonymous: neither you, your school or institution nor any of its personnel will be identified in this project or the information you provide.
Collaborative Classroom Projects
If you are a teacher with an AFS student in your class and would like to explore possibilities for collaborative classroom projects with teachers and classes in other countries on global issues or intercultural themes, contact AFS Schools.
AFS has collected a selection of useful resources for educators. To access those resources, Click Here
Special Resources
AFS Intercultural Eyes
A blog about intercultural education and AFS programs.
Exchange Student Survival Kit by Bettina Hansel, 2nd Edition (Intercultural Press, 2007)
With new introduction from AFS-USA Board Member, Janet Bennett.
Based on her more than 27 years with AFS International, Bettina Hansel, Director of Research, has created a revised and expanded edition of this book especially with AFS students in mind. The new edition of the book includes chapters on internet use and personal safety.
”It ought to be obligatory reading for staff, participants, host families and sending parents. There is so much advise and wisdom in the book by way of well written anecdotes that many very crucial issues get across in a nice fashion.”
Annelise Bech
AFS Partner Director, Denmark
Host Family Survival Kit by Nancy and Ken Huff (Intercultural Press, 1997)
Entreculturas magazine on culture from AFS Colombia (.pdf in Spanish)
See Useful Resources for links to other sites where you can find resources for educators, interesting sites for children and youth, and sites focused on specific countries and cultures.
Opportunities for Teachers
In some countries, AFS offers special training for teachers. These programs are usually by invitation only. Please contact the AFS office in your country for information.
Be sure to check out the Special Programs & Events page.
Teacher Exchange Programs.
Short- and/or long-term programs for teachers are currently offered in Argentina, Australia, Egypt, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand and the United States. Contact AFS in your own country to find out more.
”I had so many benefits in this program: I improved my English, I introduced my culture because kids just new that Turkey was an animal, now they know that there is a country which is called Turkey.” Teacher from Turkey
