Knowledge Bank

The summer course includes 13 days of classroom observation in 2 schools including a traditional and residential setting, visits to 3 homes ranging in socio-economic status, and 2 alternative schools including a school for children from no and low income families and an ecological school set in a jungle living 'off the grid'. All classrooms are English settings and home visits will include a translator. Additionally there are optional excursions to local cultural sites. The course also includes visits by faculty to the students' classrooms, observations, mentoring by a teacher trained in the United States, Indonesia, or the Philippines, Ohio State faculty-led discussions and debriefing, and presentations by faculty who work in Indonesia.