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GVSU International Center
Mexico Graduate Study Program
COE - South Africa Teacher Assisting

South Africa Teacher Assisting
Spring 2009

 Open to Elementary, Secondary, and Special Education student

  • Six week teacher assisting placement in Cape Town, South Africa area schools
  • GVSU supervisors and South African faculty
  • In-depth, cross-cultural teaching and living experiences

Program Director
Sandra Miller
College of Education
489 DeVos Center
401 W. Fulton, Bldg. C
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
e-mail: millers@gvsu.edu

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COE Student Assistants Spend Time with Cape Town Children

COE Student Assistants, Cape Town, South Africia

Mexico Graduate Study
Spring, 2009

Spring study graduate program at the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico. The city, Mexico's third largest, is located sixty miles southeast of Mexico City.

  • Program explores culture, education, the arts, archaeology and service learning
  • Lecture and field trips led by Universidad de las Americas faculty and staff
  • Experiences incorporated into discussions, journals and final projects
  • Additional site visits to Mexico City, Oaxaca and Teotihuacan
  • Earn three academic credits
  • University campus living quarters

Program Director
Jay Cooper, COE
102 Frey Living Center
(616) 331-0336
cooperj@gvsu.edu

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