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Phi Delta Kappa's International Travel Program provides opportunities for members to interact with colleagues abroad, learn about schooling in other nations, and sample the culture in various countries. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, educators facing common challenges can learn much from sharing ideas and debating policies with their counterparts in other countries through this professional development program.
Do you know of an interesting educational initiative or program in a country outside of the U.S.? Send your idea for a future trip to intltravel@pdkintl.org.
2008 Travel Opportunities
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Tanzania
August 2-15, 2008
Join PDK International on a service project in Tanzania. Participants will visit city, rural, and bush schools, meet with education officials, visit a teachers' college, and tour cultural and historical sites in one of the most scenic and exciting places in the world. The highlight of the trip will be a project during which participants will deliver books to primary schools that have none and interact with students who will benefit from having those books.
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New Zealand
April 11-22, 2008
The Te Kotahitanga Project, an initiative designed to examine why Maori students struggle in school and to identify strategies to boost their achievement, is described as a “win-win” for both teachers and students. Participants will consider if these strategies could improve minority student achievement in their communities. Visit schools involved in the project, meet top education officials, and tour this astonishingly beautiful country's historical and cultural sites.
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Recent Trips
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Italy • November 3-10, 2007
Italy, the birthplace of world-renowned education programs for young children, was the perfect location for professional development centering on early learning. Trip participants met with representatives of Italy's Minister of Education and other high-level educators and visited schools that draw on the Montessori and Reggio approaches to early learning. In addition to the professional development meetings, they traveled through the beautiful Italian countryside and visited some of Italy's famous cultural and historical sites.
Read One Participant's Reflections of the Trip |
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Finland • April 21-28, 2007
Twenty-nine people traveled to Helsinki to discover how Finland has become an education superstar over the last decade, excelling in global academic assessments. Throughout the week they met with representatives from the Finnish National Board of Education and the Education Department at the University of Helsinki. Visits to preschools, elementary, middle, and high schools, and polytechnic and vocational schools provided the group an opportunity to witness first-hand a broad range of schools and training facilities.
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China • November 4-15, 2006
Trip participants explored China's schools, culture, and history during the 10-day trip that took them to three cities — Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai. They visited schools and the Ministry of Education and met with Chinese teachers, administrators, and education leaders. They also toured many of China's cultural and historical sites, including the Great Wall and the Terra Cotta Warriors.
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London, England • June 17-24, 2006
This professional development experience was focused on England's large-scale student assessment program and its successes and shortcomings. Trip participants visited British schools and universities and had opportunities to meet British teachers, administrators, and education leaders as well as tour historic and modern London.
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