The Goals of the Training the Trainers (T-3) Workshop Series

 

The NCC's T-3 Planning Committee met at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University May 14-16, 2004 to determine application procedures and to finalize the goals of the T-3 Workshops which will take place at UCLA August 7-9, 2004 and at Duke University January 8-10, 2005.

An Outline of the Goals for the T-3 Workshop Series

  1. Theoretical Background
        Information Literacy
        Learning Theory
  2. Program Development
        Delivery Methods (examples from the classroom, tutorials,
        web pages, hand-outs)
        Assessment (Teaching and Student Learning)
        Program Publicity and Outreach to Faculty,
        Departments and Institutes
  3. Teaching Techniques
        Presentation Skills
        Classroom Management
        Student Learning
        Different Learning Styles
        Teaching Tools, such as Active Learning Techniques
        Lesson Planning and Design
  4. Applying Information Literacy Principles to Japanese Studies
        Japanese Specific Techniques
        Techniques for Teaching Students with Different
        Language Abilities
        Discipline Specific Approaches
        Special Needs of Japanese Studies Graduate
        Students and Faculty
        Fostering Self-Sufficiency for Isolated Scholars

Those wishing to apply for one of the two T-3 Workshops should visit T-3 Workshop Application Guidelines for further details and a copy of the application form. For a copy of the T-3 Proposal to the Japan Foundation please visit T3 Project Proposal, and to ask further questions please contact NCC Executive Director Victoria Bestor, NCC Chair Toshie Marra or Kristina Troost.

The T-3 Workshop Series is made possible by a generous grant from the Japan Foundation, additional support has been provided by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University, the UCLA Library, Duke University's Asian/Pacific International Studies Program and its Perkins Library System.