ABOUT
This program is made possible by the Borchardt Fund established in 2007 in honor of the late Frank Borchardt, Duke professor of German language, with a goal of providing teachers and administrators "with an international experience that focuses on the improvement of education through technology." Frank Borchardt "took his own love of learning and teaching beyond the traditional offerings in German language studies, German literature, and German culture, to the use of technology in language acquisition." He believed that "international travel builds solid foundations for genuine openness to other cultures and requires reflection on and reevaluation of one’s own culture," and that "people who teach benefit especially from experience of the world away from their homeland and have a platform from which to disseminate that benefit to others." Dr. Borchardt advocated for "serious and intensive study of the impact, possibilities, and consequences of technology in the education enterprise," defining technology as "the application of scientific development which is new, complex, and directly affects human welfare, particularly the element of communication among human beings and an evident impact of this on education itself."
This program is made possible by the Borchardt Fund established in 2007 in honor of the late Frank Borchardt, Duke professor of German language, with a goal of providing teachers and administrators "with an international experience that focuses on the improvement of education through technology." Frank Borchardt "took his own love of learning and teaching beyond the traditional offerings in German language studies, German literature, and German culture, to the use of technology in language acquisition." He believed that "international travel builds solid foundations for genuine openness to other cultures and requires reflection on and reevaluation of one’s own culture," and that "people who teach benefit especially from experience of the world away from their homeland and have a platform from which to disseminate that benefit to others." Dr. Borchardt advocated for "serious and intensive study of the impact, possibilities, and consequences of technology in the education enterprise," defining technology as "the application of scientific development which is new, complex, and directly affects human welfare, particularly the element of communication among human beings and an evident impact of this on education itself."
PROGRAM LEADS
CIDRE was established under a different name by Dr. Ruie Pritchard (English Education, NC State) in 2011 who has since retired but continues to support program instruction. Dr. Kevin Oliver (Learning Design & Technology, NC State) has been involved in all cohorts going back to 2011, first as a technology assistant, and later the program director. Dr. Michael Cook (English Education, Auburn University) has also been involved in all cohorts, first as a teacher participant in 2011, and since as a co-instructor. Dr. Angela Wiseman (Literacy Education, NC State) joined the program in 2016 as a co-instructor and currently co-director from 2022. Mrs. Nichole Olbertz (Davis Drive Elementary teacher, Raleigh) will be providing program and language support for the forthcoming Austria cohort in 2023.
CIDRE was established under a different name by Dr. Ruie Pritchard (English Education, NC State) in 2011 who has since retired but continues to support program instruction. Dr. Kevin Oliver (Learning Design & Technology, NC State) has been involved in all cohorts going back to 2011, first as a technology assistant, and later the program director. Dr. Michael Cook (English Education, Auburn University) has also been involved in all cohorts, first as a teacher participant in 2011, and since as a co-instructor. Dr. Angela Wiseman (Literacy Education, NC State) joined the program in 2016 as a co-instructor and currently co-director from 2022. Mrs. Nichole Olbertz (Davis Drive Elementary teacher, Raleigh) will be providing program and language support for the forthcoming Austria cohort in 2023.
Ruie Pritchard
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Kevin Oliver
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Michael Cook
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Angela Wiseman
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Nichole Olbertz
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CULTURE
We refer to the conceptualization of "culture" by Benson, Joseph, and Moore (2017) who view culture as analogous to a "fuzzy set," a term from mathematics that indicates the characteristics of membership in a set with consideration to flexible boundaries. In other words, something is not necessarily in or out of a set, but may belong to that set to a certain degree. Using this analogy, people may share characteristics of multiple cultures to some degree (race-based, gender-based, ethnic, national, class-based, organizational, etc.) allowing us to build from what we may have in common with others. While this international study abroad program encourages educators to reflect on cultural similarities and differences from a national/regional frame of reference, educators may focus on other more specific "cultures" within a nation or region as part of their work (e.g., an ethnic population, school culture, a business manufacturing culture).
Benson, A. D., Joseph, R., & Moore, J. L. (2017). Culture, learning, and technology. New York: Routledge.
We refer to the conceptualization of "culture" by Benson, Joseph, and Moore (2017) who view culture as analogous to a "fuzzy set," a term from mathematics that indicates the characteristics of membership in a set with consideration to flexible boundaries. In other words, something is not necessarily in or out of a set, but may belong to that set to a certain degree. Using this analogy, people may share characteristics of multiple cultures to some degree (race-based, gender-based, ethnic, national, class-based, organizational, etc.) allowing us to build from what we may have in common with others. While this international study abroad program encourages educators to reflect on cultural similarities and differences from a national/regional frame of reference, educators may focus on other more specific "cultures" within a nation or region as part of their work (e.g., an ethnic population, school culture, a business manufacturing culture).
Benson, A. D., Joseph, R., & Moore, J. L. (2017). Culture, learning, and technology. New York: Routledge.
RATIONALE
While the Borchardt Fund was established in 2007, it is particularly timely today given the explosion in content-area curricular standards and skills-based standards that reference culture and global learning. These standards hint at the need for educators across ALL content areas and grade levels to gain a better understanding of how they can integrate cultural information and lessons into their own teaching with the aid of technology toward both culturally-responsive teaching in increasingly diverse classrooms and teaching for greater cultural understanding of the diverse world both within and outside of North Carolina. Some pertinent standards referencing "culture" are appended below for reference:
While the Borchardt Fund was established in 2007, it is particularly timely today given the explosion in content-area curricular standards and skills-based standards that reference culture and global learning. These standards hint at the need for educators across ALL content areas and grade levels to gain a better understanding of how they can integrate cultural information and lessons into their own teaching with the aid of technology toward both culturally-responsive teaching in increasingly diverse classrooms and teaching for greater cultural understanding of the diverse world both within and outside of North Carolina. Some pertinent standards referencing "culture" are appended below for reference:
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