Faculty Research Grant, “Changes in Cultural Competency among Students in Human Relations Courses.” The grant was funded for $5,000.00 during the academic year 2012. Here is the Final Report from this project.
Research Funds from the Research and Reassignment Committee of the MSU College of Education for financial support for two undergraduate students to participate in the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2009. Total request: $2,084.
Travel Funds from the International Studies Committee of the MSU College of Education for undergraduate students from Russia to travel to participate in MSU’s Undergraduate Research Conference, RU, April 27 and 28, 2009. Total award: $2,000.
Faculty Research Release, “Impact of the ‘Global Guidelines Assessment’ in Four Schools in North America and Four Schools in Russia’s Far East.” College of Education, MSU, Mankato, for Fall, 2008. Total award: 3 credits release time.
Travel Funds from the International Studies Committee of the MSU College of Education for student to travel to participate in peer-reviewed conference presentation, “Global Understanding through Pre-service Early Childhood Education Clubs in Universities in the Russian Federation and in the United States,” at the 2008 World Conference of the Association for Childhood Education International in Moscow, RU, June 18 – 21, 2008. Total award: $1,000.
Research Funds, “Translation and Pilot of the ‘Global Guidelines Assessment’ for Early Childhood Settings.” College of Education, MSU, Mankato, for Spring, 2008. Total award: $2,716.86.
Graduate Student Travel Award, MSU, Mankato, College of Graduate Studies & Research for presentation at the 2008 national conference for the Association for Childhood Education International. Total award: $300.
Teaching Scholar Fellowship from MSU, Mankato, Summer, 2008. “A Cross-Cultural Instructional Redesign Project with North-Eastern International University, Magadan, Russian Federation: Incorporating Guided Inquiry Learning and On-Line Teaching Strategies in EEC 227 Early Learning and Development.” Total award: $6,300. The fellowship provided research and writing time to re-design EEC 227 to incorporate (a) cross-cultural instructional strategies; (b) on-line teaching strategies; and (c) process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL). Here is the project’s Final Report. and here is a PowerPoint presentation about the project.
International Program Development Grant, Short-term Study Tour (Russia), FY 2007 – 2008, Co-principal Investigator. Total award: $6,000.