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Registration for this summer’s Teacher Institute, “The Way We Work: History Lessons for a New Economy,” July 8-11, 2010, at Reed... More
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Teacher Institutes offer Oregon teachers the chance to study, under the direction of leading scholars, themes and topics directly related to their work as classroom instructors and their role as conveyors of civic traditions.
Registration for this summer’s Teacher Institute, “The Way We Work: History Lessons for a New Economy,” July 8-11, 2010, at Reed College in Portland, has closed. However, you can still register online now to be added to the waiting list. We will contact you if spaces become available:
Sign up online for our waiting list.
For more information, visit the program page or contact program coordinator Sarah Van Winkle at (800) 735-0543 or (503) 241-0543, ext. 112, or via email.
Oregon Humanities Teacher Institutes spark teachers’ intellectual curiosity and satisfy their need for new information and ideas. Each year for the past fourteen years, twenty-five Oregon teachers have gathered on college campuses around the state to explore exciting and relevant topics in the humanities. Teachers come together with a team of college and university faculty to examine a topic through the lenses of the humanities, including but not limited to history, literature, philosophy, political science, economics, and geography. Daily activities include lectures, discussions, films, and readings.
The Way We Work: History Lessons for a New Economy
Oregon Humanities Summer Teacher Institute
Reed College, Portland
July 8-11, 2010
The registration deadline has passed; however, please feel free to register now and we will add you to a waiting list. We will contact you if spaces become available. Thank you!
At this year’s Teacher Institute, explore how the nature of work shapes us as citizens and examine the challenges and opportunities facing the workers of tomorrow. Throughout our history, Americans have debated the degree to which a democratic nation can survive economic inequality, and much of this debate has been grounded in the relationship between work and citizenship. Economic forces continue to shape American culture and identity in the global marketplace. As our economic lives have become more and more dependent on speculation and global capital, living-wage jobs for working people at all education levels have become harder to find. At the same time, the distribution of wealth is more skewed today than it has been at any time since before the Great Depression.
Join university faculty and peers as we explore these issues and their related questions: To what extent does the American historical experience help us contextualize the current economic crisis? How have patriarchy and racism structured the equation of work and citizenship? And to what extent have American political and economic development always been shaped by global forces?
Spaces are limited and preference is given to first-time participants and full-time Oregon secondary school teachers. If you are invited to participate in this institute, you will be asked to pay a $50 materials fee. All participants earn 30 hours of continuing education credit. For a fee, two optional graduate credits are available through Portland State University. If you have questions about the institute, please contact program coordinator Sarah Van Winkle: (800) 735-0543 ext. 112 or by email.
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