Global Challenge Offered to High School Students
After taking a professional development section of FDU’s nationally recognized Core course, The Global Challenge, Judith Pinto, a biology teacher at Bergen Academies high school, Hackensack, N.J., approached the professor, Paula Mayhew, English (Metro), about the possibility of offering the course at Pinto’s school. Pinto’s experience with the course convinced her that it would be a valuable offering for the academy’s students. The University had set up the professional development program for this purpose. Thus, a unique collaboration began.
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At Bergen Academies high school, from left, are academies’ students Sundes Kazmir and Kameron Rezzadeh; Paula Mayhew, English (Metro); academies’ student Philip Johnson; and Judith Pinto, academies’ biology teacher. |
Working with and being mentored by Mayhew, a two tri-semester pilot project is being offered with a distance-learning component. Pinto and Carol Zepatos are co-teachers. Christopher Stones, an experienced Global Virtual Faculty™ member from South Africa, is also participating. Seventeen honors students are enrolled in the course and “have received the course enthusiastically” says Pinto. They will earn three college credits through the University’s Middle College Program.
The University’s Educational Technology Office and University Technical Assistance Center provide technical support. Herb Ouida, Core (Metro), is manager, Core Global Challenge; Diane Mora, senior program director, continuing education (Metro), coordinates Middle College; and Diana Cvitan, manager, global learning (Metro), arranges for the Global Virtual Faculty participation. Ouida said, “This program has the potential to help high schools internationalize their curricula while also serving as an excellent example of the priority FDU places on global education.”
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February 2006
| · | New Dean for Silberman College |
| · | Alumnus, Trustee Weinstein Supports Holocaust Symposium and Fund for FDU |
| · | Middle States Update |
| · | Graduate Center for Professional Psychology Planned in Israel |
| · | President’s Book Explores Globalization, World Citizenship and Global Education |
| · | Bahraini Ambassador and Wife Visit |
| · | Artis Joins Board of Trustees |
| · | United Nations Events Scheduled |
| · | Get Facts Online |
| · | Black History Month Celebrated |
| · | Global Challenge Offered to High School Students |
| · | Faculty/Staff — Update, In Memoriam, Announcing, Welcome |
| · | College Happenings |
| · | Spotlight — Brooks, Eisen, Morris, Sawyer |
| · | This & That |
| · | Photo Stories — FDU in Space, Dos Mundos Unidos. |
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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.
Metro =
Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.
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