This unit provides students with geographic and historical context to analyze major issues facing contemporary Indonesia, as well as in-depth examination of its regional and global importance.
FSI researchers consider international development from a variety of angles. They analyze ideas such as how public action and good governance are cornerstones of economic prosperity in Mexico and how investments in high school education will improve China’s economy.
They are looking at novel technological interventions to improve rural livelihoods, like the development implications of solar power-generated crop growing in Northern Benin.
FSI academics also assess which political processes yield better access to public services, particularly in developing countries. With a focus on health care, researchers have studied the political incentives to embrace UNICEF’s child survival efforts and how a well-run anti-alcohol policy in Russia affected mortality rates.
FSI’s work on international development also includes training the next generation of leaders through pre- and post-doctoral fellowships as well as the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program.
Students benefit from using HazPac, an interactive online map database, to explore natural hazard risks and from collaborating with classmates to develop possible social, structural, environmental, economic, and geological methods to reduce vulnerabilties.
This unit provides students with historical knowledge of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the global issues that influenced its signatories in 1951.
This unit provides students with an introduction to human rights, minority (both ethnic and religious) rights, civil and political rights, and women's rights.
This curriculum unit offers students the opportunity to consider civil rights issues in the context of the Japanese-American experience during World War II. Lessons focus on the immigration years, the role of the media, diverse perspectives on the internment years, Japanese Americans and the military during World War II, and legacies of internment.
This unit allows students to gain a broader perspective on child labor and become more familiar with the issues, controversies, and debates that surround it.
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Stefanie Orrick is a Curriculum Consultant and an Instructor for the Stanford e-China for the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91³Ô¹Ï). Prior to joining 91³Ô¹Ï in 2000, she taught Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies in Oregon and Hong Kong, China.
Stefanie's academic interests lie in curriculum design and instruction. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Western Oregon University and her Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Teacher Education from 91³Ô¹Ï.
She has authored or co-authored the following curriculum units for 91³Ô¹Ï: , , , , , , and .
She has facilitated professional development seminars for middle and high school teachers in cooperation with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), presented teacher workshops nationally for the Chicago Public Schools and the National Council for the Social Studies. She has also presented teacher seminars internationally for the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools in Bangkok, Thailand and the Pacific Education Conference in American Samoa.
In 2007, Stefanie received the Franklin Buchanan Prize, which is awarded annually to honor an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia at any educational level, elementary through university.
Curriculum Consultant
Instructor, Stanford e-China
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This unit introduces students to a variety of economic basics and helps them to understand the context of the emerging economies in East Asia, their economic troubles in 1997–98, and the International Monetary Fund.
The Social Fabric of Japan: Case Studies of Selected Minority Groups introduces students to the topic of minority identity issues in the context of Japanese society.
This unit enables students to evaluate different perspectives on conflict and learn methods for enhancing awareness and communication about the prevention of deadly conflict.