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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.
Program Overview
Oregon Humanities has designed its Teacher Institutes to spark teachers’ intellectual curiosity and satisfy their ongoing needs for new information, ideas, and academic approaches. Currently, most of the professional development opportunities that exist for teachers are focused on curriculum development, classroom management skills, and guidance for meeting state achievement standards; and, while Oregon Humanities recognizes the absolute importance and relevance of such information, it strongly believes that teachers simply need more time to be immersed in ideas and active in an intellectual community.
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 such as “Ethnicity, Race, and National Identity,” “Regional Culture in the Pacific Northwest,” and “Technology.” Teachers come together with a team of scholars to examine the topics at-hand through a number of perspectives and disciplines including history, literature, ethnic studies, the arts, and geography. Daily activities include lectures, discussions, films, and readings.
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