Preparing K-12 Educators for the Global Economy

Credit Hours: Three (3); Professor: Dr. Dick J. Puglisi

Date & Time of Offering: Spring Semester, 2007. Tuesdays, January 16, 2007 through April 24, 2007 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

Location: Stavros Center, USF Tampa Campus, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620 (CEE101), 2nd floor.

Phone: 813/974-2175

Fax: 813/974-2234

Email: puglisi@tempest.coedu.usf.edu

Course Overview: This course is designed to provide teachers, administrators and counselors with knowledge and understanding of international business. Special emphasis will be placed on recognizing the growing interdependence among nations and the increasing importance of economic/business relationships between and among nations. Teachers, administrators and counselors will have exposure to various career opportunities in the field of international business, and the importance of cross-cultural understanding in facilitating sound business and social relationships.  

Objectives: Upon sucessful completion of Preparing for the Global Economy, teachers, administrators and counselors will be able to:

1. identify special skills and cognitive areas important to success in the field of international business;
2. describe the nature of the increasing business, social, and political interdependence between and among nations;
3. identify various career opportunities and their education/training requirements which exist in the field of international business;
4. develop and implement strategies for instructing elementary-secondary students about the field of international business;
5. develop and implement strategies for making elementary-secondary students aware of career opportunities in the field of international business; and
6. develop and apply strategies for enhancing cross-cultural understandings which promote good international business relationships.
   

Course Expectations: For a satisfactory (S) grade, these requirements must be met:

• attendance at all sessions - absences from 3 sessions will result in an automatic Incomplete (I) grade;
• participation in class discussions and in study group teams;
• completion of required readings; and
• completion of an assignment appropriate to the student's professional endeavor and approved by the instructor.

The guidelines for the project are below:

2006-2007 Guidelines for Innovations Projects

The following parameters meet the requirements of Dr. Puglisi’s class, Mr. Dorsett’s and Dr. Karran’s class, the Pasco Awards for Economic Excellence, the Pinellas Economic Expo, the Polk Economic Expo, and the Florida Governor's Awards for Economic Excellence.

Innovations Project:
Create a 12-page report (maximum 6 pages of text with 6 pages of supplemental materials such as photos) on one creative lesson plan incorporating economics into the subject area(s) that you teach. The lesson should emphasize economic thinking and show application of state education standards. Projects are due on March 27, 2007.

Your plan should answer the following writing prompts

1. Describe your project (narrative description explaining the lesson(s) and activities you developed)
2. Describe what you wanted to accomplish (why this project is important to your particular group of students)
3. Explain how economics was integrated with reading, writing, mathematics, and/or the subject that you teach
4. Describe your preparation for the lesson (include the sources of information you consulted and what you developed for the students using these sources)
5. Explain what made this lesson or activity particularly worthwhile and/or exciting for students
6. Describe what your students learned and how you measured the learning (in addition to tests, include student surveys, student comments, parent reactions, etc.)
   Hint: Projects are more effective when written as if being presented to a colleague!

Project Specifics:

• Use only 8.5 X 11" white paper;
• Use only Times or Times New Roman font in 12 or 14 point (size);
• Use only black ink; 1" margins;
• Cover page should contain only project title;
• Double-spaced;
• Print only on one side of a page;
• Number pages consecutively (do not number the cover page);
• Use plastic sheet protectors on all pages;
• The completed entry form must accompany each paper; click here to download an entry form
• Your paper should be submitted in a two- or three-tanged report cover, not a ring binder;
• Save your paper on a disk (any format) and submit the disk along with the hard-copy;
• Photos, or graphics on last 6 pages only, please.

Another Option - Technovations Project:
Should you prefer, you may choose to present your project through a technical medium including video tape, CD, DVD, web page, streaming video, or PowerPoint/Keynote presentation. "Technovations" projects should still clearly answer and/or demonstrate all of the above writing prompts. The completed Technovations project should be no more than 15 minutes long.

Evaluation: S/U. Participants who accumulate 3 absences during the course will receive an Incomplete ("I"), whether those absences are approved or not. Participants who receive an "I" grade may have that grade changed to a Satisfactory ("S") by attending three sessions when the course is offered in another term.

The Stavros Center is a part of the USF College of Education and an affiliate of the Florida Council on Economic Education.

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