Greetings from Beijing! After spending some lovely days here, I can’t wait to talk about my work experience as an intern at education sector, UNESCO Beijing office. Colleagues here are very enthusiastic and diversified in background. There are a number of interns at my age in the office and most of us were assigned to sit together at the one side of the office, which … Continue reading First impression of internship in Beijing office
Tsai-Hsuan (Angel) Chung is a first-year student in IEDP, dual majoring in the Statistics, Measurement, Assessment, and Research Technology (SMART) program. She was born and raised in Taiwan and first came to the US for one year-long exchange of study at UC Berkeley. She joined the IEDP right after graduating from National Chengchi University in Taiwan with dual degree in Sociology and Economics. She used … Continue reading IEDP Courses of Study 1.1: the S.M.A.R.T. Decision
As I was preparing to write this final post about my fall internship with UNICEF Bolivia, I looked back on some of my peers’ final blog entries, to gain some inspiration for what parting words of wisdom I should share here. Reading only a handful of posts was enough to remind me that the ending to my internship experience was not like many of my … Continue reading Wrapping up internship, part 2: Learning & gratitude
Kelsey is a first-year student in the IEDP, originally from Miami, Florida. After her BA in International Relations at Ohio Wesleyan University, Kelsey led service-learning programs for a non-profit in Haiti. Most recently, Kelsey worked in Washington, DC, as a student advisor for the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Program, and a program manager for the U.S. Department of State’s Gilman Scholarship Program. Kelsey is … Continue reading A Day in the Life of an IEDPer, Literally 2.2: Tuesdays with T-Pickles, Dr. Thapa, and Talks
Shazmeneh is a first-year student in the IEDP. She was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and first came to the US for her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU. She has returned to the US after two years managing public schools; creating curricula for out-of-school children; training teachers; and conducting research on the performance of public-private partnership … Continue reading A Cohort to Lean On
By Maryann Dreas-Shaikha Maryann is a first-year student in the IEDP. She has returned to the U.S. after teaching English, literature and Model United Nations, and training teachers in pedagogy and formative assessment, in Pakistan and the Republic of Georgia. She misses her students and teachers, but hopes this academic hiatus will equip her with the skills to achieve meaningful change for more people than … Continue reading A Day in the Life of an IEDPer 2.1: Once Upon a Wednesday
One of the beautiful parts of completing the IEDP internship in the fall is that I have dozens of blogs posts from my friends to use as inspiration. As a reader, some of the most interesting posts have been the ones that seek to answer the most simple question: what do I do all day? Following in the footsteps of Magali and Vasiliki (among others!), here … Continue reading Jamaican Rhythm – A Day in Kingston
whirl•wind/ˈ(h)wərlˌwind/nounA column of air moving rapidly around and around in a cylindrical or funnel shape. Used in similes and metaphors to describe a very energetic or tumultuous person or process. That is the only way to describe the last three weeks. Although we’re only in the first week of November (and I was supposed to be in Bolivia until the end of November), it may … Continue reading Wrapping up internship, part 1: What’s going on in Bolivia?
Parisian life of a Saudi-born Pakistani-Canadian IEDPer from Philly working at UNESCO. Continue reading Half-way through: Global Education Policy Trainee at UNESCO, Paris
This August began like every other, with the ritual of packing a schoolbag. But something was different. For the first time in eight years, I would be sitting on the other side of the desk, and moreover, studying education itself. It has been an altogether surreal, energizing, and revealing experience. As a student, I understand my own students better now—how patiently, anxiously they must have … Continue reading Thoughts from the other side of the desk: A teacher returns to school
The International Educational Development Program 