Institutional Partnerships

The Penn GSE-King's College Collaborative

Penn GSE and the Department of Education and Professional Studies at King's College, London have joined in a collaborative arrangement to promote mutual interests in educational issues related to language, literacy, and culture. This has led to many forms of dialogue and exchange including short and long term visits by faculty and students and an annual workshop in conjunction with Penn's Ethnography in Education Research Forum.

The collaboration involves those working in Penn GSE's Language and Literacy in Education division as well as other colleagues associated with language, literacy, and culture at both institutions. The goal is to enhance the professional activity of faculty and students, to develop the quality and depth of work through liaisons across international boundaries, and to enrich the programmatic/degree offerings related particularly to urban and international education. The areas of collaboration will include research and teaching as well as various forms of inter-faculty and inter-student visits, exchanges and joint presentations/projects.

For details on activities sponsored by the Collaborative, click here.

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East China Normal University

Penn GSE's Office of International Programs has partnered with East China Normal University (ECNU) in the creation of China's first-ever doctorate of education program. Based in Shanghai, ECNU is one of China's premier teachers' colleges, and the joint Ed.D. program has been developed in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Education. Program degrees will be issued by ECNU.

The Ed.D. program, a practical departure from the more theoretical PhD programs available in China, allows participants to tap into the experiences and resources of Penn GSE in order to improve schools and universities throughout China. In the preliminary stages of this initiative, GSE shared its expertise on curriculum development, sending Penn faculty members and associates to Shanghai to lead intensive seminars. Penn GSE welcomed the first cohort of ECNU students in Fall 2006.

Other Partnerships

GSE is actively developing additional partnerships and collaborations. A four-week professional development program for educators is being discussed with Spain's Ministry of Education, and another such program for teacher interns will begin in January at Ewha University in Seoul (S. Korea).

With two other South Korean universities (Catholic University in Daegu and Yonsei University in Seoul), a TESOL-specific program is in development; this program will feature student and faculty exchanges as well as consulting on curriculum and instruction.

GSE also works extensively with other universities in South Korea. Joint TESOL certificate programs have been established at SookMyung Women's University, Pusan University of Foreign Studies, Korea University, Tamna University (Jeju Island), Hanyang University, and Kocin University.