Lessons for Ukraine Teachers

Fall, 2001: The UNO Center for Economic Education staff is expanding the curriculum available on the website so that our Ukrainian partners will be able to access more materials to study market economics and civics education, and to share lessons with their colleagues in the Ukraine. This is the prototype of that webpage. Lessons under consideration include these from National Council on Economic Education (NCEE): "Goals of an Economic System,"Characteristics of a Market Economy," Role of Property Rights," and "Economic Functions of Government." These are also available in the Ukrainian language. Until the lessons are ready, please enjoy some pictures of our activities with Ukrainian teachers.

Fall, 2000: Sponsored by a Fulbright Scholarship, Jim Dick spent the Fall of 2000 in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Jim taught at Cherkasy Polytechnic Institute, Cherkasy State University, and the Post-Diploma Institute for Teachers (an in-service training site for teachers, rather like an ESU). He also visited several elementary and secondary schools in the region and taught economics lessons at the First City Gymnasium in Cherkasy (a college prep high school).
Jim Dick serves as a trainer for Economics International, a program of the National Council on Economic Education. He has been a faculty member for EconomicsInternational's Training the Trainers seminars in Ukraine, the co-director of an NCEE study tour to Ukraine, in addition to participating in the Fulbright program and the Partners in Education program. Jim will return to Kyiv in December 2001 for another Training the Trainers seminar for teachers and professors from Ukraine and other countries in the former Soviet Bloc.
These students are first year management students at Cherkasy Polytechnic Institute.
Fall, 2000: While Jim was in Cherkasy, a group of teachers from Ukraine were sponsored by Partners in Education (PIE) to visit UNO. Staff from the Center for Economic Education and International Studies and Programs at UNOmaha are pictured with the group of Ukrainian educators who participated in a six-week civics education internship "Partners in Economic Education" program at UNO. Partners in Education is a grant program sponsored by the American Councils for International Education.
Spring, 2001: Robert Pustoviyt and Grigoriy Zaspa--both faculty members at the Polytechnic Institute. Primary support for the Ukrainians visit to the US was provided by the UNO Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. A portion of the costs were covered by the UNO Center and by International Studies and Programs. Robert and Grigoriy's visit to our campus to study technology will help us make the connections to the Ukrainian teachers using appropriate technology.
Spring, 2001: Jim Dick and Mary Lynn Reiser visited the Ukraine for three weeks, spending time in Lubny, Hadish, Myrgrod, and Poltava. They observed civics education courses, visited the Post-Diploma Institute and many cultural sites in Ukraine with host teachers. They also had an opportunity to speak with students from all levels of education about economic education and its relationship to civics education in the US.

Webpage by Kim Sosin
UNO Center for Economic Education.

Fall, 2001: The UNO Center for Economic Education staff is expanding the curriculum available on the website so that our Ukrainian partners will be able to access more materials to study market economics and civics education, and to share lessons with their colleagues in the Ukraine. This is the prototype of that webpage. Lessons under consideration include these from National Council on Economic Education (NCEE): "Goals of an Economic System,"Characteristics of a Market Economy," Role of Property Rights," and "Economic Functions of Government." These are also available in the Ukrainian language. Until the lessons are ready, please enjoy some pictures of our activities with Ukrainian teachers.
	Fall, 2000: Sponsored by a Fulbright Scholarship, Jim Dick spent the Fall of 2000 in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Jim taught at Cherkasy Polytechnic Institute, Cherkasy State University, and the Post-Diploma Institute for Teachers (an in-service training site for teachers, rather like an ESU). He also visited several elementary and secondary schools in the region and taught economics lessons at the First City Gymnasium in Cherkasy (a college prep high school).
	Jim Dick serves as a trainer for Economics International, a program of the National Council on Economic Education. He has been a faculty member for EconomicsInternational's Training the Trainers seminars in Ukraine, the co-director of an NCEE study tour to Ukraine, in addition to participating in the Fulbright program and the Partners in Education program. Jim will return to Kyiv in December 2001 for another Training the Trainers seminar for teachers and professors from Ukraine and other countries in the former Soviet Bloc. These students are first year management students at Cherkasy Polytechnic Institute.
	Fall, 2000: While Jim was in Cherkasy, a group of teachers from Ukraine were sponsored by Partners in Education (PIE) to visit UNO. Staff from the Center for Economic Education and International Studies and Programs at UNOmaha are pictured with the group of Ukrainian educators who participated in a six-week civics education internship "Partners in Economic Education" program at UNO. Partners in Education is a grant program sponsored by the American Councils for International Education.
	Spring, 2001: Robert Pustoviyt and Grigoriy Zaspa--both faculty members at the Polytechnic Institute. Primary support for the Ukrainians visit to the US was provided by the UNO Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. A portion of the costs were covered by the UNO Center and by International Studies and Programs. Robert and Grigoriy's visit to our campus to study technology will help us make the connections to the Ukrainian teachers using appropriate technology.
	Spring, 2001: Jim Dick and Mary Lynn Reiser visited the Ukraine for three weeks, spending time in Lubny, Hadish, Myrgrod, and Poltava. They observed civics education courses, visited the Post-Diploma Institute and many cultural sites in Ukraine with host teachers. They also had an opportunity to speak with students from all levels of education about economic education and its relationship to civics education in the US.
Webpage by Kim Sosin UNO Center for Economic Education.