[colombiamigra] Fw: [SUNTA] Teaching Opportunity: Cities in the 21st Century

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Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:57:59 -0800 (PST)


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Subject: [SUNTA] Teaching Opportunity: Cities in the 21st Century
 


> 
> IHP Traveling Faculty - Cities in the 21st Century
>  
> Description:
> The International Honors Program (IHP), a program of World
> Learning/SIT, offers international, comparative study abroad
> programs. We are currently seeking traveling faculty members
> to join an interdisciplinary team of faculty, fellows, and
> host country coordinators for IHP’s Cities in the 21st
> Century: People, Planning, and Politics Programs in Spring
> 2013 and Fall 2013. Each of the three four-month programs
> will take approximately 35 students from top-tier colleges
> and universities to four countries to do inter-disciplinary
> study from a comparative perspective. Tentative itineraries
> are as follows:
> 
> Fall 2013 (mid-August to mid-December): USA, Brazil, South
> Africa, and Vietnam
> - http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/ssa_cta.cfm
> Spring 2014 (early January to early May): USA, India,
> Senegal, and Argentina
> - http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/ssa_ctb.cfm
> 
> Cities in the 21st Century is a thematic, study abroad
> program focusing on urban development. Its mission is to
> provide university undergraduate students with first-hand
> experience in the challenges of urbanization throughout the
> world. Students learn how to “read a city” through
> formal courses led by traveling faculty; homestays with
> local families; guest lectures by local academics,
> politicians and policy makers; site visits and meetings with
> NGOs, neighborhood organizations and community activists.
> IHP’s learning model is grounded in critical inquiry and
> analysis.
> 
> For each of our programs, we are seeking a complementary
> team of traveling faculty members who will facilitate
> learning and each teach one of the following courses (with
> possible areas of expertise noted):
> 
> • Culture and Society of World Cities
> • Urban Planning and Sustainable Environments
> • Contemporary Urban Issues: Problems and Solutions
> • Urban Politics and Development
> 
> 
> Required Experience:
> The ideal candidate should have expertise in one or two of
> the topic areas listed above and generalist knowledge across
> several areas of the curriculum; c) experience teaching at
> the college level and commitment to incorporating
> alternative methods of teaching (i.e. non-didactic methods
> that promote inquiry- and field-based learning, discussion,
> and self-reflection); d) research and practical experience
> related to urban development in some part of the developing
> world, with specific experience in some of the countries in
> the program desired; e) the physical stamina, psychosocial
> health, and sensibilities (flexibility, adaptability,
> collegiality, cross-cultural competence) needed to
> effectively participate in an intensive, team-oriented study
> abroad program in multiple countries, and; f) the ability
> and desire to support students throughout the study abroad
> experience both in and outside of the classroom.
> 
> 
> Required Education:
> The ideal candidates should have: a) a Ph.D. (or relevant
> Master’s degree with substantial professional experience)
> in a related field, such as history, political science,
> anthropology, urban development, sociology– preferably in
> an international context
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If you are interested in this opportunity, Click 
> Here.<http://secure.sterlingdirect.com/jobboard/default.aspx?JobDetail=153209&JOBBOARDID=505>
> 
> 
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