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One World
Education is a nonprofit group based in Washington. The group has a program in
which teachers develop curriculum based on student writing. The students are in
middle and high school and write essays about culture and international issues.
Students are invited to write about an issue they find important. Then
professionally developed learning materials based on chosen essays are used in
schools to teach other students. Eric Goldstein is the executive director of One
World Education. He says the essays can serve as a writing and learning guide
for students. His group has worked with over fifteen hundred student writers
over the past four years. Mr. Goldstein is himself a former classroom teacher.
He and another teacher, Emily Chiariello, began forming plans for One World
Education in two thousand six.The group publishes a study unit each month from
August through May. Each unit of curriculum starts with a chosen essay, called a
"One World Reflection." Mister Goldstein says the subjects have ranged from
single parenthood to protecting rainforests to exploring Arab cultures. He says
students have written One World Reflections on women in the Muslim world, on
Islamic media, on Arab media and on Arab identity. One student wrote about being
Muslim and how she appears to other people in her neighborhood. Laila Kunaish of
Washington wrote about her feeling that the media in the United States are often
unfair to Muslims. A learning activity based on her reflection called for
students to collect examples of media stories and discuss whether or not that
was true.Laila was chosen as a One World Student Ambassador last year. Twelve
are chosen each year. Their reflections are published on the group's website,
along with learning activities linked to common reading and writing standards
used for testing. Isabel Nampakwa Kapotwe of Zambia was also chosen as a student
ambassador. She wrote about Zambia's cultural traditions, its languages,
religions and tourist attractions. But she also wrote about poverty and disease,
and how, after her parents died, her grandmother made a home for the remaining
family. One activity based on her reflection called for research into the care
given by grandparents as heads of households in today's society.For VOA Special
English, I'm I'm Carolyn Presutti. For more about education, go to our website,
voaspecialenglish.com. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast 24May2012)
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