REPORTOFACTIVITIES 2017-2019

C e n t e r f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n C o l l e g e o f E d u c a t i o n a n d H u m a n D e v e l o p m e n t

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2017-2019HighlightsComparativeandInternationalEducationSociety2017SymposiumThesecondannualSymposiumoftheComparativeandInternationalEducationSociety(CIES)washeldfromOctober26-27,2017 inArlington,VAandwashostedbytheCenterforInternationalEducation,theGenderandEducationStandingCommitteeofCIES,andtheSouthAsiaSpecialInterestGroupofCIES.Thethemeofthesymposiumwas, Interrogatingand InnovatingCIEResearch. Distinguishedplenarysessions,concurrent

papers sessions, and onsite meals providedopportunities for students, junior and seniorscholars, practitioners, and policymakers toexamineandchallengeexistingpractices,andlearnanddevelopnewwaysofthinkingaboutdoingCIEresearch. Over 200 researchers, professors,leaders, and graduate students reflected on thefoundationof comparisonunderlyingCIEover thepast fifty years that hasmoved from a sole focusonmeasurement,whichseekstorefinemetricstoengage in sound evidence-based findings, torecognition of the importance of qualitativeunderstandingsofcontextandmeaning.Fiftyproposalsandthreepanelpresentationswere

submittedforreview.Thesymposiumhostedfourmoderatedplenarydebates,12concurrentpresentationswith 37 papers presented. CIE Director, Beverly Shaklee, CIES President, Noah Sobe andmembers of theorganizingcommitteemadeopeningremarks.AlegislativeupdatesessionwithYolandeMiller-GrandvauxofUSAID and Blake Souter, Legislative Aide to US Senator, Tim Kaine was also held. Interviews wereconducted with the four keynote speakers for the FreshEd podcast with Will Brehm(https://cehd.gmu.edu/2017symposium/podcasts-videos). Plenary sessions were live tweeted by theSymposium team throughout the two-day event and participants were invited to join the conversationonline throughTwitter andFacebookusing thehash tags #I2I and#interrogate2innovate.All fourplenarysessionswerelivestreamedviaFacebookLive.LaunchoftheInternationalEducation/EducationLeadershipHybridPh.D.LaunchoftheIEELSpecialization.TheinauguralclassoftheInternational Education/Education Leadership PhDspecializationlaunchedduringSummer2018.Thistrailblazinggroup of educators and school administrators embraced arigorous five-week schedule of courses and study. Classeslasted four to six hours with students cycling throughreading, discussion, writing, and feedback every single day.The program began its online portion of the program withthestartoftheFall2018semester.Gearedtowardseducatorsinterested in international school leadership and research,theIE/ELprogramisdesignedtoofferstudentschancetocompleteallcourseworkoverthreesummersatMasonandsixsemestersonlineduringthefallandspring.Dissertationcompletionwillfollowcoursework.

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2017-2019Highlights(cont.)OpenGATELaunchandMidpointMilestonesTheOpenGATEpartnership,sponsoredbytheNorwegianCenterforInternationalCooperationinEducation,hassupportedtwelvenoviceandexperiencedresearchersfromtheUnitedStatesandNorwayinconductingresearch on a range of topics from an international perspective. Early childhood education, scienceeducation, minority education, computer-based learning design, ethics in education, and newcomereducationwithafocusonrefugeesarejustafewoftheareasthathavebeenexplored.Thesefellowshipshave resulted in article publications, new curriculum design, professional training for positions withinacademia,internationalexposureofcampusresourcesandprogramofferings,andpresentationofresearchto internationalcolleagues. Recipientsofthisfellowshiphaveexpressedenthusiasmandgratitudefortheopportunity to explore, contemplate, and discuss alternate educational approaches, immerse within adifferent culture to help internationalize their perspective, and form enriching, productive, professionalrelationships.OpenGATEwillofferthisopportunityintothe2020-2021academicyear.HighlightingFacultyResearchandPublicationsCIEfacultyhaveenjoyedaveryproductiveandsuccessfultwoyears.Severalfacultywerehonoredfortheirworkwithprestigiousawards.Duringthereportingperiod,Drs.AprilMattix-FosterandJoanShinreceivedtheUniversityTeachingExcellenceAwardsfromtheStearnsCenterforTeachingandLearning.Alumnus,Dr.KimberlyDaly,alsoreceivedanAdjunctTeachingExcellenceAwardin2019.Dr.MarjorieHallHaleyreceivedthe AERA Multicultural/Multiethnic Lifetime Scholarship award. Dr. Shelley Wong co-edited Teachers asAllies:TransformationalPracticesforTeachingDREAMers&UndocumentedStudents.Dr.BeverlyShaklee,PrincipalInvestigatorofProjectExCELandinpartnershipwithDr.AnneHorak,successfullyimplementedanidentificationprogramforhigh-abilitychildrenwithinunderrepresentedpopulationssupportedbytheJacobK. Javits grant. Dr. Kathy Ramos was awarded the faculty Open GATE Residentship and formed aninternationalpartnershipwithDr.KristinSkinstadvanderKooijofOsloMetropolitanUniversitytodesignin-service teacher training that promotes a critical global perspective. Dr. Supriya Baily was also the 2019speakerfortheJoelBarkanMemorialLectureattheUniversityofIowa,ahighlightoftheProvost’sGlobalForum. We congratulate our faculty on jobs well done andwe look forward to sharing their wonderfulaccomplishmentsinthefuture.HighlightingStudentAccomplishmentsInternational Educationdoctoral students are doing anoutstanding job in the productionof scholarship in avarietyofareasfromaroundtheworld.MelissaHauber-OzerpublishedseveralarticlesincludingapieceaboutschoolingchallengesforSyrianrefugeesinTurkeyinForcedMigrationReview.TamiCarsilloinvestigatedglobalcitizenship education in South Sudan, co-writing and publishing her work in theBritish Journal of EducationStudies. KelleyWebbexploredstudyabroadexperiencesforpre-serviceelementaryteachersandco-wroteachapterforaresearchhandbookonstudyabroadprograms.RebeccaEisenbergwasawardedtheprestigiousGlobalLearningFellowshipadministeredbytheNEAFoundation.Throughthisfellowshipshewillconnectherclassroom to the larger global context, and travel to Peru to conduct a field study. Closer to home, BetsyScotto-Lavinoco-wroteachapterwithDr.BailyandDr.Call-Cummingsexaminingmethodologicalinnovationtodecolonizecomparativeandinternationaleducationresearch.

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ExternalFundingandGrantsGrantsandProfessionalDevelopmentseminarsareanimportantavenueforpromotingtheCenter’smissionto transform the world through education. The Center’s professors and its doctoral students arecontinuously involved in lookingforandworkingonopportunitiesthatexplorethenatureof internationaleducation,advanceinternationalandinterculturalunderstanding,andpromoteequityworldwide.PrincipalInvestigator Funder ProjectTitle Funded

AmountShaklee,BeverlyDandHorak,A.(2014-2018)

U.S.DepartmentofEducation

USDE/ProjectExcel $2,470,703

Shin,JoanK(2016-2019)

InstituteofInternationalEducation/USDept.ofEducation

LanguageTrainingCenter:CenterforAdvancedProficiencyinEnglish(CAPE)

$953,594

Fox,RebeccaKBaily,Supriya(2015),Samaras,Anastasia(2016-2018)

U.S.DepartmentofState DOS/US-PakistanCollaborationforFacultyExcellenceinTeachingandResearch

$432,556

Shin,JoanK(2017-2019)

FamilyHealthInternational(FHI360)/USDepartmentofState

AmericanEnglish(AE)E-TeacherProgram:TeachingEnglishtoYoungLearners(TEYL)GlobalOnlineCourse(GOC)andMassiveOpenOnlineCourses(MOOCs)

$431,693

Holmarsdottir,H,&Baily,S.(2017-2020)

NorwegianCenterforInternationalCooperationinEducation

OpenGlobalAwarenessinTeacherEducation(GATE)

$200,000

Shahrokhi,Farnoosh(2018)

IREX-InternationalResearchandExchangesBoard

IREXTEAFY18 $193,446

Shahrokhi,Farnoosh(2017)

ACIE-AmericanCouncilsforInternationalEducation

ArgentinaEducatorsTrainingProgram-PartSupport

$99,997

Haley,Marjorie(2017-2018)

NSA-NationalSecurityAgency

NSA/STARTALK

$89,297

Haley,Marjorie(2018-2019)

NSA-NationalSecurityAgency

EngagedStudents&EffectiveClassroomManagement

$82,684

Shaklee,BeverlyD(2018)

VirginiaDepartmentofEducation

GraduateMasonUniversitySummerGraduateCourse

$82,151

Shaklee,BeverlyD(2017)

IIE-InstituteofInternationalEducation,Inc/USDepartmentofState

TheFulbrightGatewayOrientationProgram $60,349

TOTAL $5,096,470ProjectExCEL(2014-2018) isafiveyear,multi-milliondollar,federallyfundedscale-upprogram.TheJavit’sgrantincorporatesProblem-basedLearning(PBL)asaninstructionalmethodforinsituidentificationofhighability-lowincomemiddle-schoolstudents.PBLisaformofinquiry-basedinstructiondesignedtomotivate,engage,andsetthestagefor improvingacademicachievementandskills.ProjectExCELdeliversPBLthroughthemiddleschoolEnglishLanguageArtsclassroomtobuildstudents’appreciationforcomplexknowledge,theirsenseofacademic

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self-efficacy, and their enthusiasm for learning. The grant covered two states, three school districts, and nineschools.TheCenterprovidesprofessionaldevelopmentforteachersandschoolleaders,developsPBLcurriculumunits,anddisseminatesprojectdataandfindings.The Collaboration for Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Research (2015-2018). The CFETR grant fosteredcollaborationandstrengthenedperson-to-persontiesbetweentheU.S.andPakistanthroughfacultyexchanges,jointresearchandscholarlyworktofurtherthecollectiveunderstandingofeffectivepedagogicalpracticesandexpandedresearchcompetencies.Throughthisinitiative,FacultyFellowsfromtheUniversityofManagementandTechnology(UMT)inLahore,Pakistan,participatedinacademicseminarsdevelopedatGeorgeMasonUniversityandengaged in research initiativeswithMason faculty in their fields.Theseactivitiesweredesignedtoexpandacademiccapacityandinfusecross-culturalknowledgeandinternationalmindednessintoeducationalpractice.AhighlightofthecollaborationwasaUMTResearchConferenceforCFETRFacultyFellowsinSpring2017inLahore,whereFellowsandotherfacultyparticipantsfromthetwouniversitiessharedtheresultsoftheirwork.The Fulbright Gateway Orientation (2017-2018) was hosted by the Center for incoming Fulbright graduatestudents. The program helped incoming Fulbright Scholars to adjust to both the general and the academicculture of the United States, provided them tools to be successful in their programs, as well as assisted inwelcoming them and integrating them into the Fulbright network. These objectives were achieved throughseminars onU.S. politics, intercultural relations, leadership, and academic expectations, aswell as networkingopportunitiesorganizedbytheCenter.DefenseLanguageandNationalSecurityEducationOffice(2017-2019) isathree-yearrenewablegrantfromtheInstituteofInternationalEducationfortheU.S.DepartmentofDefense,DLNSEOLanguageTrainingCenter2016called the Mason Center for Advanced Proficiency in English (https://cape.gmu.edu/); to administer onlineprogramsforDepartmentofDefenseemployeeswithpartnerinstitution,theCenterforAppliedLinguistics;serveas Principal Investigator and Project Director; oversee design and implementation of online English languageprofessional training for DoD personnel to improve their cultural and linguistic competence as writers ofprofessionalEnglish;workcollaborativelywithleadershipfromtheCenterforAppliedLinguistics.TheTeachingExcellenceandAchievementAward (TEA)Program (2012-2018)providedU.S.-basedprofessionaldevelopment forsecondary-school teachers fromEurope,CentralandSouthAsia,SouthEastAsia,Sub-SaharanAfrica,NearEastandWesternHemisphere.Eachyear, theTEAProgramengagedacohortofapproximately20teachersperyearin6weeksofacademicprogrammingonMason’scampus,fieldvisitstolocalpublicschoolsandcultural excursions. The academic component of the program included seminars on pedagogy, practice andleadership;content-specificcoursesonESLandsocialsciencemethods,assessmentandcurriculum;andacourseoninstructionaltechnology.OpenGATE (OpenGlobal Awareness in Teacher Education) (2017-2021). Fundedby theNorwegianCenter forInternationalCooperationinEducation(SIU),thepartnershipbetweenGMUandOsloMetropolitanUniversitywillfocus on the importance of global competency for teacher education. The goals of the project are tointernationalizeandenhanceteachereducationatmultiplelevels,centeredonbuildingstrongcollaborationsfornoviceandexperiencedresearchersandpractitioners.GlobalOnline Courses andMassiveOpenOnline Courses Project (2018).Thisonlineprofessionaldevelopmentprogrampreparesmasterteachers,promotespublicscholarshipthroughopeneducationalresources(OER),andfosters equity in education through accessible online learning technologies. In Year 1 of this program, CIEwilloffer approximately 275 English language teachers around the world a GOC calledTeaching English to YoungLearners(TEYL). Inyear2ofthisprogram,CIEwilldevelopand implementan instructedMOOCandon-demandMOOC,alsoaboutTEYL.TheAEE-TeacherTEYLGOCandTEYLMOOCsintroduceEnglishteachingprofessionalsaroundtheworldtothemostcurrentmethodsandevidence-basedapproachestoteachingyounglearners(3-10yearsold)EnglishasaSecondorForeignLanguage(ESL/EFL).

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Spec ia l Event s and Ac t i v i t i e s

Study Abroad. In 2018, Dr.Kathleen Ramos and Dr. Andrew Gilbertdeveloped a STEM and Language Acquisitionteaching experience calledGlobal Classroom: Costa Rica,whichwas supported by a grant from the GMU Global

Education Office (approx. $ 23,500). This initial projecttook eight English as a Second Language (ESOL) pre-service teachers and seven primary pre-service teacherstoCostaRicatorunaweek-longsummerSTEMcampwithCostaRicanchildrenfrompre-Ktogradeseven.Thegoalwas to engage children in STEM as ameans to developlanguageskillsinarealworldsetting.Thesecondopportunityspansafour-yearperiodthroughOpenGATE. ThegrantfundsexchangesbetweenMasonandOsloMetropolitanUniversitystudentstospenduptofourweeks intheother institution. In2018fourstudentstraveled from the US to Norway and five studentstraveledfromNorwaytotheUS.Thesestudentsincluded:TamiFrancesCarsillo,SusanPoland,HilaryJohnson,AprilMaute Ege from Mason and Merethe Skårås, Hedda

Hembre,KarinaStorengIkhsani,SanaChishti,andLinneaLijemarkKallgren.Theyattendclasses,travel locallytovisitschoolsandotherareasofeducational interest,aswellasattendspecial lectures,andmeetwithotherstudents.Forinstance, Tami Carsillo and Merethe Skårås have been able topublishonearticle togetherandwrote twodiscussionpapers forUNICEF. AprilMaute Ege had the opportunity to not only attendPhD courses at OsloMet and present her research to otherstudents but was also able to usethe opportunity to furtherdevelopherownresearchagenda.Theprogramalsofundsfacultyresearchopportunities. Dr.KathyRamos traveled to Oslo in 2017 and began work with KristinSkinstadvanderKooij ofOsloMet.Together theyhave createdamini-unit to foster in-service and preservice teachers’ globalcompetence and prompt their thinking around infusing a criticalglobalperspectiveinK-12schoolcurricula.In2019,Dr.JeniceViewparticipated in the program in 2019, and is in the early stages offurtheringherownresearchbasedonherexperience.Finallyoneteacherexchangetookplace in2018;LauraConleyfromOaktonHighSchool sharedherexperienceswithstaff inartanddesignat theDepartment forEarlyChildhoodEducationandCareaswellasprimaryeducation.Book Talks and Special Guests. Dr. CynthiaMiller-Idriss, Professor of Education and Sociology and director of theInternational Training and Education Program at American University, presented her book, The Extreme GoneMainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany at the April 10, 2018 CIE meeting.Dr. IlhamNassersharedapresentation,ReconceptualizingEducationReforminMuslimSocieties–thatfocusedonherworkattheInternational Instituteof IslamicThought.She isexaminingthecontributionofsocio-emotional learning toacademicachievement. Wycliff Tusiime of Oslo Metropolitan University via Kyambogo University, Uganda presented hisresearchontechnologyintegrationinteachereducationinMay2019.The Center also hosted aBook Launch for the faculty-editedbook,Teachers as Allies: Transformative Practices forDREAMers&Undocumented Students. Edited byDr. ShelleyWong,Dr. Elaisa SánchezGosnell (Retired) ofGeorgeMasonUniversity,AnneMarieFoersterLuuandLoriDodson,TeachersasAlliesprovideseducatorswiththeinformationand tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born siblings and peers in inclusive andtransformativeclassroomexperiences.

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Facu l t y Resea rch and Scho la r sh ip

CIE research is interdisciplinary, cross-cutting and timely. Faculty in CIE have been recognized for theirefforts to foster intercultural development, high quality research on development and education, and intheir work preparing educators for the international schools community. The Center for InternationalEducationatGeorgeMasonfeaturesamosaicofmotivatedprofessorspursuinguniqueresearch interests.Forafulllistoffacultypublications,pleaseseesubsequentsectionsofthisreport.FacultyDistinctions

CIE faculty have been honored with several awards. Dr. Joan Shin was the 2018 English-Speaking UnionEnglishLanguageAwardwinnerfor“BestResourcesforSecondarytoAdultLearners”forherroleaseditorof the National Geographic Learning Book series, Impact. In November of 2017, Dr. Supriya Baily wasfeatured in La Scienze, the Italian edition of Scientific American on the global challenges facing girls’education.Dr.BailyandDr.CallCummingswereawardedtheOutstandingContributionAwardWinnerattheLiteratiNetworkAwards forExcellence in2017 for theirwork in“Reframing thecenter:Newdirections inqualitativemethodologyininternationalandcomparativeeducation”fortheAnnualReviewofComparativeandInternationalEducation.

FacultyBooksPublished

Dabbagh,N.,Howland,J.,&Marra,R.(2019). Meaningfulonlinelearning:Integratingstrategies,activities,andlearningtechnologiesforeffectivedesigns. NewYork,N.Y.:Routledge.Krutka,D.G.,Whitlock,A.,&Helmsing,M.(Eds.).(2018).KeywordsintheSocialStudies.Bern,Switzerland:PeterLangUS.RetrievedMar15,2019,fromhttps://www.peterlang.com/view/title/65755Crandall,J.A.,&Shin,J.K.(Eds.).(2018).Impact(BritishEnglish,LevelsFoundations-4).Boston,MA:NationalGeographicLearning/CengageLearning.(Winnerofthe2018English-SpeakingUnionEnglishLanguageAwardfor“ResourcesforSecondarytoAdultLearners”)

Crandall,J.A.,&Shin,J.K.(Eds.).(2017).Impact(AmericanEnglish,LevelsFoundations-4).Boston,MA:NationalGeographicLearning/CengageLearning.(Finalistfor2017ELTonAwardfor“ExcellenceinCourseInnovation”)Crandall,J.A.,&Shin,J.K.(Eds.).(2017).Ourworld:Phonics(Levels1-3).Boston,MA:NationalGeographicLearning/CengageLearning.Crandall,J.A.,&Shin,J.K.(Eds.).(2017).Ourworld:Grammarworkbook(Levels1-6).Boston,MA:NationalGeographicLearning/CengageLearning.Crandall,J.A.,&Shin,J.K.(Eds.).(2017).OurworldABC.Boston,MA:NationalGeographicLearning/CengageLearning.

FacultyOutreachandLeadershipTheCIEfacultyhastheprivilegeofservinginleadershippositionsinanumberofinternationalandregionalorganizations,suchas:AssociationfortheAdvancementofInternationalEducation(AAIE),ComparativeandInternational Education Society (CIES), Chor Hang Educational Research Institute, Yew Chung EducationFoundation, Hong Kong, Council for International Education, Research & Development Advisory Board,Contemporary Educational Psychology, Global Teacher Education Initiative Board, InterEd Journal,International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), Teachers of English toSpeakersofOtherLanguages(TESOL)InternationalAssociation,ProjectExcelJacobJavit’sAdvisoryBoard,and the Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia.

FacultyandStudentPublications(articlesandbookchapters)Baily,S.(forthcoming).BharatMataKi Jai–Nationalismand the co-option of public discourses on girls’education.Special Issue,International Journal ofStudent Voice - Centering Girls' Voices in EducationPolicy,PracticeandActivism.Baily, S.(2018).Appraising theingredients of theinterpreter/researcher relationship. Nordic Journal ofComparativeandInternationalEducation 2(4),53-69.Call-Cummings,M.,Hauber-Özer,M.,&Ross,K.(2019).Strugglingwith/againsttheunintentionalreproductionof power structures in participatory research: Usingreconstructivehorizonanalysis.ActionResearch.Call-Cummings, M., Hauber-Özer, M., Byers, C. &Mancuso, G. (2018). The power of/in Photovoice.International Journal of Research and Method inEducation.Katradis, M.,Fox, R., & Tian, J. (2017, December).Learning to implement the Five Cs: Portfolios andreflection in an international teacher professionaldevelopment program.The NECTFL Review, SpecialIssue, Fall, 45-76. Retrievedfromhttp://www.nectfl.org/nectfl-review/Fox, R. (2017, December). Building deeperunderstandingsofstandardsthroughresearch.NECTFLReview,Special Issue, Fall, 3-8.Retrievedfromhttp://www.nectfl.org/nectfl-review/Hauber-Özer, M. (2019). Schooling gaps for SyrianrefugeesinTurkey.ForcedMigrationReview.Retrievedfrom https://www.fmreview.org/education-displacement/hauberozerHelmsing,M.,&Vardas-Doane,A.(2018).Teachingandlearning medievalism in popular culture as historyeducation.TeachingSocialStudies,19,25-30.

Lau,C.,Kitsantas,A.,Miller,A.&Rodgers,D.E.(2018).Perceived responsibility for learning, self-efficacy, andsourcesofself-efficacy inmathematics:AstudyoftheInternational Baccalaureate PrimaryYearsProgrammestudents.Social Psychology ofEducation:AnInternationalJournal,21,603-620.MattixFoster, A. A.,Khoshen, S. &Wrightsman, K.(2017).  The future of internationalschools: Fosteringglobalcompetence. InterED,44(123),29-34.Ramos,K.A., & MattixFoster,A.A. (2017).  Bridging thegap:  Building teachers’ capacity fordevelopinglanguage, literacy, and content learning.  InternationalSchoolsJournal, XXXVII(1),58-66.Seeberg,V.,Baily,S.,Khan,A.,Ross,H.,Wang,Y.,Shah,P., & Wang, L. (2017). Frictions that activate change:dynamics of global to local non- governmentalorganizationsforfemaleeducationandempowermentin China, India, and Pakistan,Asia Pacific Journal ofEducation,37,232-247.Shin, J. K. (2017). Get up and sing! Get upandmove!:Using songs and movement with younglearners of English.English Teaching Forum, 55(2), 14-25.Skårås, M.,Carsillo, T., & Breidlid, A.(2019). Theethnic/local, the national and the global: Globalcitizenshipeducation inSouthSudan.BritishJournalofEducationalStudies,1-21.Scotto-Lavino,B.(2019)NuVu:Aninternationalmissionto cultivate creativity and collaboration. InterEd:Journal of the Association for Advancement ofInternationalEducation,45(126),18-20.

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BookChaptersBaily, S.(2017). Back to the Shire: At journey’s end:Lessons learned through a global educationpartnership. InS.Baily, F. Shahrokhi &T.Carsillo(Eds.).Experiments in agency: A globalpartnershiptotransformteacherresearch(pp.221-230).Rotterdam,TheNetherlands:SensePublishers.Baily,S.,Shahrokhi,F,&Carsillo,T.(2017).Thestoryofthe fellowship: An international partnership betweenteachers and researchers. InS.Baily, F. Shahrokhi &T.Carsillo(Eds.).Experiments in agency: A globalpartnership to transform teacher research(pp. 1-10).Rotterdam,TheNetherlands:SensePublishers.Baily, S., Scotto-Lavino, B. M., Call-Cummings, M.(underreview)Implicationsformethodology:Towardsmoreequitable futures in (Eds.)C.Manion,Anderson,E.,Baily,S.,Call-Cummings,M., Iyengar,R.,Shah,P.,&Witenstein, M. Interrogating and innovatingcomparative and international education: Decolonizingpracticesforinclusive,safespaces

Call-Cummings, M. & Hauber-Ozer, M. (2018). AR andPAR in policy research: Lessons in democratizing thepolicy making process. In C. Lochmiller (Ed.),ComplementaryResearchMethods.Shaklee, B.,MattixFoster, A. A. & Baily, S. (2017). Globalization: Defining the terrain.  In N.Aloni&L.Weintrob(Eds.),Beyond Bystanders:Educationalleadership for a humane culture in a globalizedreality(pp. 105-115).  Rotterdam, The Netherlands:SensePublishers.Horak, A., &Shaklee, B. (2019).  Changing theLandscape: ProjectExCEL. In A. Novak and C.Weber, (Eds.)Professionallearningstrategiesforspecialtopics in gifted education. PrufrockPress, WashingtonDC.Shin,J.K.,&Crandall,J.A.(2019).Teachingreadingandwriting to young learners. In S.Garton& F. Copeland(Eds.),Handbookof Teaching English to YoungLearners(pp.188-202).NewYork,NY:Routledge

Duringtheperiod2017-2019,CIEfacultyhostedthefollowingvisitingscholars:1. Dr.LiuYing–CommunicationUniversityofChina–Drs.BeverlyShaklee&KathleenRamos-August20172. Dr.YumeiHuang–SchoolofCulturalIndustries&TourismManagement–China–Dr.ShawnLee(January2018–

January2019)3. Dr.ManfredSchmitt–UniversityofKoblenz/Landau–Germany–Dr.MarkGinsburg(May–September2018)4. Dr.BarbaraReichle–LudwigsburgUniversityofEducation–Germany-Dr.MarkGinsburg(May–September2018)5. Dr.YuHuang–NationalTsing-HuaUniversity–Taiwan–Dr.RobertBaker(Aug2018–Aug2019)6. Dr.AleksandraRistovska/Fulbright–UniversitySt.Cyril&Methodius–RepublicofMacedonia–Dr.Mark

Ginsberg(August2018–January2019)7. NarminShabazova–StateAgencyforVocationalEducation–MinistryofEducation–Azerbaijan,Baku–Dr.Beverly

Shaklee(October–November2018)8. Dr.QijingWang–BeijingInternationalStudiesUniversity–Dr.ShawnLee-March2019

TrishIghileAward(2017-2019)InmemoryofdoctoralstudentTrishIghile,theCenterforInternationalEducationhasestablishedanawardinhername.ThisawardrecognizesastudentwhohasshownexemplaryserviceandinvolvementwiththeCenter.Trishwasspecializing in InternationalEducationandESL.Shealsoworked in internationalschools,especially in Nigeria, where she led schools for many years. This award honors her commitment to hereducationandhercareerasaninternationaleducator.

AwardRecipients-TamiCarsillo(2018)andAhmedAtef(2019).

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Academic P rograms and Ac t i v i t i e s

TheCenterforInternationalEducationsupportsacademicprogramsatMasonthatofferdegree,licensure,andcertificatecredentialsdirectlyassociatedwithinternationaleducation.TheTeachingCulturally,LinguisticallyDiverseandExceptionalLearnersprogram(TCLDEL)Created in 1990 in conjunction with the Department of State, Office of Overseas Schools and VirginiaDepartmentofEducation,theTCLDELprogram(formerlyFASTTRAIN)preparesteachersfor licensureandmaster’sdegreesinElementaryandEnglishforSpeakersofOtherLanguages(ESOL)educationwhointendtoteachininternationalPK-12schools.Inaddition,weofferprogramsinspecialeducation(launched2005)andInternationalBaccalaureate(IB).Asof2019over1,400studentshavegraduatedwitheitherlicensureormaster’sdegreesfromCEHDandareservinginoverfortycountries.InternationalBaccalaureatePartnershipIn 2007, we became the first university in North American to form a partnership with the InternationalBaccalaureate (IB)toofferapost-graduateprogramfor teachereducation.WecurrentlyofferagraduatecertificateprograminAdvancedIBStudiestoprepareteacherstoworkinIBschoolsworldwide.Successfulcompletionoftheprogramprovidesourstudentswithan IBCertificate inTeachingandLearning.In2008,we also created the Advanced Studies in IB graduate initiative with ASTL to provide candidates theopportunitytocompleteadvancedmaster’sdegreeworkandearntheIBAdvancedCertificate inTeachingand Learning Research. Since 2010, we have offered the IB certificate program online to provideinternational educators the opportunity to study with MASON while maintaining their positions ininternationalschoolsacrosstheglobe.WecontinuetobeapartofinternationaleducationdiscussionsandarelinkedviatheIBwebsiteatwww.ibo.orgworldwide,andin2016,wereceivedthehighestcommendationof our program during our reauthorization.Additionally,our faculty have been sought out by the IB todevelop continuing education courses for IB World Schools, such asTeaching for InternationalMindednessandTransforming School Culture through Intercultural Competency. Again, we believe thisrecognitionofourworkininternationalschoolswillbenefitourresearchandprogramsworldwide.InternationalEducationPhD.Program/InternationalEducationLeadershipProgram(IEEL)Asof2017wehave29candidatesworkingtowardthedoctoraldegreeemphasisininternationaleducationandotherswho have identified international education as a secondary area of study. In 2018, we launched the InternationalEducation/Education Leadership specialization, and the first cohort is completing their second year in the program.Between2017-2019,thefollowingstudentssuccessfullydefendedtheirdissertationstoearntheirPh.D.Sarah-JaneThomas UsingTechnologytoFacilitateLanguageAcquisitionofEnglishLanguageLearnersJessicaTurner WhotheyareWithin:Females’ExperiencesofEmpowermentProgramminginIndiaJohnM.Bordenkecher PeaceCorpsServiceandtheDevelopmentofQualitySchoolLeadersJohnKnipe Translingualism and Second Language Acquisition: Language Ideologies of Gaelic Medium

EducationTeachersinaLinguisticallyLiminalSettingLilyLopez-McGee ExaminingUndergraduateStudents’GoalsandSelf-EfficacyBeliefsinStudyAbroadProgramsShannonMerriweather Neighborhood Identity Examined Though a Lens of Poverty: An Exploration of One

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WashingtonAreaConsortiumInternationalEducationandTrainingStudentConferenceCIE co-hosts an annual conference with local universities to support student research and scholarly exchanges.Consortium partners include American University, The George Washington University, Georgetown University, andUniversityofMaryland.GMUstudentswhohavepresentedattheconferencein2017-2019include:2018LillyLePelch:HermeneuticPhenemologicalInquiry.WoomeeKim:PrioritizingEthno-LinguisticDiversityinEducationasaPathwaytoPromotingHumanDevelopmentandSustainablePeaceinMyanmar.XiaowenChen:Code-SwitchinginMulticulturalMembers’OnlineDiscussion.

2019CatherineMcDougall:ComparingGermanyandSwedishMigrantEducationPolicy:PracticeandLessons.SiyuWan:Non-GermanstudentaccesstoGermanHigherEducation.LillyLePelch:Children’sRightsandUnaccompaniedRefugeeMinors.

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Disseminatefacultyandstudent

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Collaborateacrosstheuniversityonteachingandresearchinitiatives.

Supportfacultyeffortstoapply

fortransformativegrantsrelatedtotheCIEmission.

Organizeayearlyeventtobuild

networksacrosslocal,nationaland

internationalpartners.

Buildscholarlyandprofessional

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CIE Miss ion and V is ion The Center for International Education (CIE)was established in 2005 andwas successfully rechartered in2008, 2011 and 2019. Faculty affiliated with CIE focus on international education related research andteaching to better understand formal, nonformal and informal systems in diverse contexts. CIE supportsprojects that explore the nature of international education, professional development activities thatadvance international and intercultural understanding througheducation, andpromoteequityworldwide.TheCenterisalignedwithCEHD’smissionandprioritiesincludinganinternationalorientationtowardsocialjustice,criticalreflection,research-basedpractices,innovationandethicalleadership.

OurMissionistoexplorethenatureofinternationaleducation,advanceinternationalandinterculturalunderstandingandpromoteequityworldwide.

Tosupportourmission,we:1. Undertakeresearchthataddressesissuesofsocialinjusticeandinequityworldwide;2. DesignandimplementresearchanddevelopmentprojectsinPK-universitysettingstobuildeducators’

capacitiesforteachingandlearningexperiencesaroundtheworld;3. Supportacademicprogramstoenhanceteachingandlearningininternationalcontexts;4. Connectincominginternationalteachers,scholarsandadministratorstolocalteachers,scholarsand

administratorstobenefitthestudentsandcommunitiestheyserve;5. Seekwaystodevelopinternationalmindednessindomesticandinternationalschoolsandprograms;6. Promotelife-longprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesforthoseinvolvedateverylevelof

internationaleducationwork. CenterforInternationalEducationLeadership&AffiliatedFaculty

CIEfacultyrepresentsacross-disciplinarygrouprepresentingnineCEHDdivisionsand29programs

Co-Directors-BeverlyD.ShakleeandSupriyaBailyBobBakerMeaganCall-CummingsNadaDabbaghBetsyDeMulderTeresaEdkinsCraigEsherickAnyaEvmenovaBeckyFox

AndrewGilbertMarkGinsbergMarjorieHallHaleyMarkHelmsingAnastasiaKitsantasAprilMattixFosterMinParkKathyRamosCarmenRioux-Bailey

AnastasiaSamarasFarnooshShahrokhiJoanKangShinRobSmithDebraSpragueDivyaVarierShelleyWongKristienZenkov

Formoreinformation,contactCenterforInternationalEducation

4400UniversityDrive,MS1E8,ThompsonHall,Suite2600,Fairfax,Virginia22030

Phone:703-993-2794Email:cie@gmu.edu