July 1st 2019 Mead Arts Museum, Amherst College July has finally arrived and we are still recovering from our NYC journey. However, time waits for no wo/man and there are things we have to do. Just like every other morning, we head to Valentine Hall for breakfast but going to the Mead Art Museum where... Continue Reading →

June 30th, 2019 Our third day in New York starts with a delicious breakfast at the Duke Eatery on Park Avenue, close to our Marriot Hotel. The next stop was at Barnes & Noble in New York. Three teachers were happy to find interesting books to read and didactic material to use in the classes... Continue Reading →

29th June, 2019 21:30. As I elbowed my way through the hustling and bustling Broadway, stopping once in a while to take night pictures of Time Square, I was amazed by the vibrant diversity of New York. It’s a city teeming with people of all colors, various races, from all walks of life, and probably... Continue Reading →

27th June, 2019 Today was slightly different from most of the weekdays as we had our morning session at the ITD office instead of the “icebox” in Johnson Chapel, Amherst College. We had an opportunity to meet four local teachers; three are Social Studies teachers at Amherst Regional High School, while the one from Westfield... Continue Reading →

June 26th In these days I learn a lot in America. From the first lesson everyone introducing himself/herself to every week on Friday doing a review, I feel I can do a lot in my teaching in the future after finishing the program and going back home. A simple introduction of oneself is connected by... Continue Reading →

June 25, 2019 First up this morning, Professor Frank Couvares delivered both a wide-ranging and in-depth lecture on post-WWII US foreign policy. During this period, (spanning the Cold War and War on Terror eras) the US was guided by two quite distinct approaches to securing itself and its allies on the international stage: Containment and... Continue Reading →