{"id":6679,"date":"2013-10-31T12:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T18:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin2013\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2013-10-31T12:46:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T18:46:29","slug":"taking-the-liberal-arts-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2013\/10\/taking-the-liberal-arts-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Liberal Arts to China"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StevenWhy is higher education in emerging economies moving in the direction of the liberal arts even as this approach is being questioned in the U.S.? What role can CC play as a premier liberal arts institution in this realm?<\/p>\n

Associate Dean of Global, Community, and Summer Programs Eric Popkin oversaw the first Colorado College in China summer program, sending Associate English Professor Steven Hayward to Guangzhou, China, to teach an intensive three-week writing course to high school students from the Affiliated High School of South China Normal University.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part the Chinese approach to English is geared toward acing the SAT, and those are important skills to have,\u201d said Hayward. \u201cBut the goals of our program went beyond that in important ways, in that we stressed the need to not just be proficient in the language, but also to grasp its expressive possibilities, how to inhabit<\/i> it in holistic, creative ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to class every morning, students met individually with Hayward in the afternoons for one-on-one sessions in which they received specific recommendations about how to improve their writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to teaching writing, this kind of individualized approach is invaluable; it\u2019s the only way to produce substantial and lasting student improvement,\u201d Hayward said.<\/p>\n

Though South China Normal University is located in Guangzhou, China\u2019s third most populous city, CC\u2019s program was based in Luofu Mountain, two hours away in a Taoist retreat center. \u201cIt was very remote \u2014 and breathtakingly beautiful,\u201d Hayward said.<\/p>\n

\"Colorado<\/a>

Colorado College in China summer program<\/p><\/div>\n

Popkin underscored the importance of the program. \u201cGiven what we know about global student mobility and the number of Chinese students who\u2019ll be coming to the U.S., we need to find ways of working most effectively with them. We need to ask how to best prepare them \u2014 and us \u2014 for this experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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