Dr. Jayson Richardson in Ed Leadership is thinking of putting together a
coursethat would culminate in 10 days in London, England. The focus is on
comparative issues in education between the US and the UK. Points of
contrast will be leaders, professional development, curriculum, higher
education, teacher training, and leadership training. If things work out this year, UNC Wilmington will bring 6-8 students and
UK will bring 6-8 students. They are building it to meet the needs of
Higher Ed, C&I, and EDL students. Thus on site, students may shadow
principals, teachers, district folks, or higher education folks depending
on the needs. Dr. Richardson has contacts in all of those areas so that
will not be an issue. This will be a 3 credit course where the academic parts will be offered
in the spring or summer 1 and travel will be summer 2. Since it is a study
abroad course, students get the 3 credits free once they pay for a 1 credit
of study abroad. According to Dr. Richardson, the trip has been rather
reasonable in the past (<$2000) plus flight and food (estimate of
$3500-4000 total). Dr. Richardson is trying to gauge possible interest in the program to get
a pulse on potential needs and synergies. Please contact him if you might
want to participate. Jayson W. Richardson, Ph.D. Associate Professor | Departmenet of Educational Leadership Studies Taylor Education Building 151G |University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY 40506-0017 P: 001.859.379.9097| E: jayson.richardson@uky.edu | W: <http://www.jaysonrichardson.com/>
