The Middle East Center Co-Organizes Workshop on Migration, Culture and Literacy Policy in Global Contexts
On May 19, 2017, Dr Joyce Pittman (Associate clinical professor at Drexel University, School of Education), Rebecca Clothey (Assistant professor, Drexel University, School of Education) and Mr. Andrew Peterson (Lecturer, English Language Program, University of Pennsylvania) led a a workshop titled Migration, Culture, Language and Literacy Policy in Global Contexts. The workshop was organized in connection with Penn-Drexel Connect Global Education Project.
The first session of the workshop focused on culture, literacy and pedagogy of learning and teaching, while the second session dealt with linguistics, less commonly taught languages and communication technologies. The second session contained hands-on activities and several presentations by students.