"Travel is fatal
to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many
of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome,
charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in
one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
Mark Twain in Innocents Abroad (From MC email signature)
A
note
to prospective participants in the
2009-10 Spirituality program and the
2010 Summer
program (either session or both)
Our 2009-10
Spirituality program will also
be organized completeley
around
students' individual needs and will have this overseas study component
in Peru as an opportunity to take under a ILC in the winter quarter.
Participating in this immersion
program is more than just signing a contract because besides
studying what you are interested in, you become a member of a
learning community. The travel preparation can be part of your academic
work in the Fall. In Peru there will be
very
minimum
group activities, most activities will follow students own interests
(based on students proposals made during the
preparation period and which will in fact be their individual
contracts!). Participants who already have a project, know the Spanish
language
and have traveling experience can start this program in any
quarter. The program in Peru will happen in Guadalupe and Cajamarca
(Northern Peru) and follow these guidelines.
Description
Evergreen students interested
in doing
International Community Work learning in Peru through the 2009-10
Spirituality program or through
Independent
Learning
Contracts during any quarter, need to contact Raul Nakasone. For
contracts at
least
three weeks before the quarter starts. Studies
are
related
to Latin American or Peruvian politics, history or culture and/or
Spanish
language. What makes these studies interesting is
that
participating students can volunteer to do up to 10 hours a week of
Community work in
a
rural area in Peru. Even though there is no sitting in a classroom
requirement, some groups/individuals can set up a weekly seminar on a
particular subject. A participant can choose to hire her own Spanish
language instructor or just participate in the immersion program.
Volunter work at local schools (or the Hospital
and other local organizations) and social activities are directly
arranged
with a local organization. Applicants need to demonstrate a high
level of responsibility for their own education, be self-motivated and
should
be ready to share their knowledge without being a missionary, a
developer
or a liberator. Large group meetings will only happen on special
occasions or when students ask for it. Most communication is through
the Internet and telephone.
This opportunity is offered especially to students who have never been
outside the US as well as for those who already have travel experience,
know Spanish and have a project in Peru; and also for those who would
like to improve their Spanish conversation skills through an immersion
process in a short time.
Objectives
-Become
a member of a rural community in Perú.
-Learn
about Peruvian culture and History by actively using local
resources and experiencing life in a community.
-Make
friends and bridge communication between cultures.
-Learn/improve
your knowledge of Spanish language and use your
second language to experience life in Perú.
-Use
your knowledge and skills to do community work mainly at
local schools or community institutions.
-Learn to lead (or about leading) without being a missionary, a
developer
or a liberator.
Connecting
theory to practice
-It
is an opportunity to experience community life in a real
functioning community.
-It
is an opportunity to live within populations affected by
political decisions made in advanced countries, to talk, think, and
learn
about
it.
-If
your intention is to learn the language and culture of minority
populations in Latin America, this could be a great introduction to
your
future plans.
-It
is your chance to connect all you have learned theoretically
about international politics/economics or multicultural issues with
real
life.
Program
demands
Evergreen students learn to be responsible for their own
education
and
are ready to study under the Independent Learning Contract model.
Each participant either design a contract according to
each student's
specific needs and interests or just follow the basic immersion program
or do both.
We use these
4 questions to guide our project. The
extent and depth of the curriculum and most of the instruction is
driven
by the student self motivation and the assessment is an embedded part
of
everyday activities. Participants
will base their educational experience
on Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed and William Glasser's
Choice Theory and Ciro Alegria's Broad
and Alien is the World.
Participants then have the
opportunity
to experience/arrange:
-Real
use of Spanish as your second language. Your classroom is the
whole
community.
-Experience
life
with a low middle class family. You contribute for your room and
board
and live at home as any other family member.
There are other possible arrangements according to
circumstances and needs.
-Learn
Spanish using a constructivist approach, some % self instruction and
most
% student-centered active learning and community time which makes it an
especial immersion process.
-If your knowledge
of Spanish is
limited
and you are willing to teach English teaming with local teachers, you
wil
be offered this opportunity. Other volunteer community work involve
teaching
your hobby or anything you feel eager to share with the local
community,
activities at the hospital and local institutions (youth organizations,
sports
entities, local government projects, etc.). Participants have control
in the schedule and itinerary.
-Choice Theory, Socratic dialogue and pedagogy of the oppressed at the
praxis level.
| Approximate Costs for 5 weeks
(Includes International
RT air fare + local transportation + room and board + short visits +
program administration + local travel) (TESC tuition
fees not included) |
High season |
Low season |
| Air
fare (round trip US-Lima Peru, round trip)* |
1000.00 |
800.00 |
| Air
fare (Lima-Chiclayo, one way ticket)+ |
160.00 |
160.00 |
| Room
and board (5 weeks in Guadalupe: 3 meals a day plus local social events
and
arrangements) |
550.00 |
550.00 |
| Local
transportation and visits to different sites around the area (your
pocket
money) |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Community
Work Administration (donation you directly make to organizations in
town) |
100.00 |
100.00 |
| Hotel
(Lima, Cajamarca or Trujillo if you travel to stay overnight) |
100.00 |
100.00 |
Contingency money
(for emergency communication)
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
Approximate
total costs for a five week program experience
|
2110.00 |
1910.00 |
(*)Seatac-Lima Round
trip fare could be as high as $1000 or
as
low as $800 depending on the turist season. Less expensive flights
arrive
in Lima at midnight. Participants buy their own international tickets
(and also the Lima-Chiclayo ticket.)
There is now a 4 am flight Lima-Chiclayo in LAN airline, you can buy
this
ticket in the US and make a short stay at the Lima airport.
(+)For
safety
reasons,
for those participants who don't have travel experience in Peru, do not
speak Spanish and would like to use this plan, our contact will
wait for you in Chiclayo and then take you to
Guadalupe. You need to buy your conexion flight Lima-Chiclayo.
By week five you will be able to make your own arrangements to
travel with your new friends around in Peru; or to stay in
town for the rest
of the
quarter (many students end up staying in town and use it as her base to
travel
to other parts of the country).
|
-
|
-
|
Approximate cost per quarter (ten
weeks)
(International
RT air fare + local transportation + room and board + short visits +
program administration) (TESC tuition
fees not included) (ten weeks staying in
the same area)
|
2660.00
|
2460.00
|
YOU MAY
WANT
TO CHECK OUT THESE OTHER PROGRAMS
|
Program
in Peru
http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/program_content/contents.cfm?include=fees.cfm&progCode=ssa.pel
Program in Guatemala
http://amerispan.com/sta/program_detail.asp?Program_ID=3497
Program
in Ecuador:
STUDY LANGUAGE, CULTURE & ARTS IN ECUADOR
Spanish Language and Latin American Arts and Culture
- A unique interdisciplinary approach to study abroad
- Study Spanish and Ecuadorian culture while experiencing firsthand life in Ecuador's capital city, Quito
- Administered by CIMAS, an Ecuadorian NGO, in cooperation with the Washington State Cooperative Development Programs in Ecuador
- Minimum one year college-level Spanish language or equivalent
- Internship possibilities in Spring Qtr with previous term participation
Credits: 16
Costs: $4,400 per quarter for tuition& fees, homestay, 2 meals per day and field trips. Airfare not included.
For more information and application, contact the Office of International Programs and Services at extension 6312, or stop by L1401, 11am-1pm drop-in advising. Visit the CIMAS website at http://www.cimas.edu.ec
|
FINANCIAL
AID
It
is understood
that students are entitled to apply for financial aid and loans from
the
college. If you need financial aid for this program you must start this
process
as early as the beginning of the previous quarter (January for the
summer contracts). After this date you will need
to use personal funds to pay for your expenses, Financial Aid will
reimburse
you upon your return (check with FA). For more information contact the
campus
Financial Aid Office as soon as possible regarding application for
support
for this program.
Next Steps
If
interested call me or better yet e-mail to Raúl
H. Nakasone nakasonr@evergreen.edu
Phone:
(360)867-6065
Visit the Study Abroad Evergreen site: http://www.evergreen.edu/gothere/home.htm
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