2005 Fall "Best Practice" Institute (September 30-October 20, 2005)

original pageThirty-five teachers from U.S., Thailand and Indonesia convened at the East-West Center on September 30, 2005 to participate in AsiaPacificEd's 2005 Fall "Best Practice" Institute.

The 3-week Institute introduced participants to "best practice" instructional strategies aimed at helping learners in heterogeneous classrooms develop and apply literacy, critical thinking, global awareness, and media literacy skills.

Participants from Indonesia and Thailand are teachers from schools with large Muslim student populations, and U.S. participants are representatives of schools that will host the Indonesian and Thai teachers during their school visits.

The Fall 2005 "Best Practice" Institute is part of the East-West Center's Initiative on Islam in Asia, which aims to promote better understanding of Islam in the Asia Pacific region and to improve communication between the region's Islamic communities and the United States.