OLD Learning in Japan
November 1999

  In the spring of 1999, I learned I had been chosen to participate in the November 1999 cycle of a Fulbright Memorial Fund study tour to Japan.  This program yearly sponsors three groups of 200 teachers and administrators and coordinates a three week study tour of Japanese culture and education.  The purpose of this program is to promote wider cultural understanding between the two countries and especially the schools. My first reaction was how could I possibly wait until November.  My second reaction was how wonderful to have 6 months to prepare for such an important life event.
            This site documents the preparation, the trip itself, and the follow-on which is the implementation of our plan to bring some of the experience back to our classrooms, schools and community.

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   ". . .Travel is the soul of civilization.. . ."  Zora Neale Hurston 

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For more information go to the Fulbright Memorial Fund Program Homepage.
Once there ...
Click on "Links" for information links about Japan
Click on "FMFers" for previous FMFer web pages and follow-on projects

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Last updated 16 April 2000