To build a foundation of understanding about the Chinese culture and education system, and create interest in teaching Mandarin in schools, Indiana State University led a delegation of 17 educators to China from 24 June through 2 July, according to the ISU news bureau.
The educational trip was sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language Council International (also known as Hanban), a non-profit organization affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China.
The idea of a trip to China for Indiana educators grew out of the relationship between ISU and Hanban. An official proposal to establish a Chinese language and culture center at Indiana State has been submitted to Hanban, which provides funding and assistance to establish such centers throughout the world.
To assist ISU in its efforts to provide resources on Chinese language and culture to Indiana’s school teachers, the Chicago Consulate of the People’s Republic of China invited ISU to bring a delegation of educators to China as part of the Hanban’s Chinese Bridge for American and Korean Schools program.
Rebecca Libler (associate dean of ISU’s College of Education) and Feng-Qi Lai (assistant professor in the curriculum, instruction and media technology department and a native of China) put together the Indiana delegation, which joined 500 other educators from across the United States, and 200 from South Korea, who were selected to visit China’s K-12 public schools, meet the country’s educational leaders in the government, and tour areas of cultural significance.
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