Broadening Teaching Perspective

1. Broadening Teaching
Perspectives

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6. • The organization shifted focus to K-12
education in 1989 when state
departments of education began
pursuing world language learning for
K-12 students.
• Over the years, VIF has placed
thousands of international teachers in
K-12 classrooms across the United
States as a designated U.S.
Department of State Exchange Visitor
Program sponsor.
• The organization continues to be
committed to cultural exchange and
supports international teachers’
success in the classroom

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11. • For U.S. teachers, this opportunity
involves a year or semester of direct
exchange with a counterpart in
another country teaching the same
subject at the same level.
• 30 countries including the
Philippines currently participate in
the Fulbright teacher exchange
program which varies from year to
year

12. • The current list of countries does
not include the Philippines for the

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15. • Be stationed at one school for one
week and another school for another
week.
• Observe teaching in the said
teacher’s subject.
• Guest teaching using ICTs at the
schools that the teacher is visiting.
• Engage in discussions with teachers
in another school.
• Write a journal of their exchange
visit.

17. • The Canadian Education Exchange
Foundation (CEEF) organizes
educational exchange programs for
students and teachers through
partnerships with governments and
private agencies in many countries.
• The organization and management of
CEEF exchanges in Canada is
carried out by a small professional
multilingual staff with the assistance
of many volunteers -- school
principals, teachers, former exchange
participants, parents and retired
teachers.

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20. It is the intent of the program to achieve learning
outcomes among the target partners of the
• Increased knowledge of people and life in
developing countries;
• A better understanding of how the UK is linked
with other countries;
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• More positive attitudes towards the multicultural
nature of UK society- challenging of
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