National Council on Economic Education International Education Exchange Program United States Department of Education Name: Gender: Date of Birth: Job Title: Organizational Affiliation: Business Address: Business Telephone: Business Fax: E-mail Address: Home Address: Home Telephone: Passport Number: Date of Issue: Date of Expiration: Nationality: Please return application to: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION Attn.: Barbara DeVita 1140 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Telephone: 212-730-7007 Fax: 212-768-7894 or 212-730-7007 E-mail: [email protected] 1. ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE Please provide (a) information about the market based economics you have studied and (b) a brief description of your current level of understanding of economics. With respect to (a) provide a list of economics courses you have taken, their length and level, where and when, and by whom they were taught (include NCEE seminars). If you have studied economics independently, please specify the level and overall content of economics textbooks you have read on your own. If you have taught economics using any of these textbooks, please indicate what general concept areas you have covered and at what level. COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING ACTIVE LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Describe your teaching experience (in any subject areas or levels), and summarize your skills as a teacher. Please comment on your experience with a variety of teaching methods (such as lecture, discussion, small group exercises, simulations) and materials. Discuss any experience you have had developing instructional materials. Finally, indicate your readiness to deepen your understanding of pedagogy and devote time to the development of active learning instructional lessons and ongoing revisions of those lessons. 3. AVAILABILITY AND COMMITMENT TO ATTEND SEMINAR Please state below your commitment to attend the fall Training of Writers program. Fall 1998 September 20-25, 1998 Riga, Latvia 3a. COMMITMENT TO MEET ALL PROGRAM DEADLINES Please state below your commitment to develop and revise one lesson after returning home from the seminar and meet the program deadlines listed below: November 9, 1998 First draft of lesson due to U.S. faculty February 4, 1999 Second draft of lesson due to U.S. faculty March 5-April 14, 1999 Classroom pilot tests of lesson April 20, 1999 Final lesson due to U.S. faculty 3b. OBLIGATIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE 1998-99 SCHOOL YEAR Please state below your teaching and other obligations for the 1998-99 school year. Do you ave obligations or commitments that will prevent you from completing assignments and/or meeting deadlines described above? 4. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY The workshop will be conducted in English. All written work must be submitted in English. Using the scale below, rate your proficiency in English. 1 = fluent 2 = good (basic reading 3 = fair (some knowledge 4 = none speaking, but not proficient) understanding, writing) Oral Comprehension Speaking ________________ Reading Writing _________________ Please provide any additional comments that describe your level of competency with the English language. 5. COMMUNICATION ACCESS TO U.S. FACULTY U.S. faculty will communicate with participants and provide lesson feedback via e mail whenever possible. Please check the means of communication below that you can use. Yes No Maybe Access to a computer that can be used to communicate by e mail _____ _____ If you answered "maybe," please describe your specific situation. Yes No Maybe Access to a fax machine _____ _____ _____ If you answered "maybe," please describe your specific situation. 6. ACCESS TO FIELD TEST TEACHERS IN YOUR LOCALITY Participants will be required to field test their lessons in their countries. Access to teachers who will test the lessons is critical. Please describe how you will recruit and work with teachers in your area to test your lesson. 7. I hereby authorize NCEE to publish and distribute materials developed by me with funding provided by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. _________________________ Signature Date
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