| Country Kosovo
City Prizren
Host Institution University of Pristina’s Faculty of Education/American Corner
Project Description
The EL Fellow will be placed at the University of Pristina's Faculty of Education campus located in Prizren. The Faculty of Education is a new institution in the throes of implementing a new and radically different curriculum, emphasizing pedagogy and other applied courses needed by qualified teachers. The Faculty began granting bachelors degrees in education just last year and is the only truly viable faculty of education in Kosovo. Prizren in particular and Kosovo in general lack university-level instructors who are prepared to teach many of the new courses, such as "Informatics and Language Resources", "Culture and Languages" and "Using Children's Literature to Teach Languages". The current EL Fellow has developed and piloted several courses including "Academic Learning Skills" and "Special Education". By working with local faculty to teach these recently developed courses, and helping staff draft pilot courses for the new curriculum, the EL Fellow will be instrumental in the Faculty’s growth in this 3rd, critical year. Prizren is home to several ethnic groups and is beginning to function as a multi-ethnic community. The EL Fellow will work with the staff of the American Corner to develop an outreach program to the Prizren community that addresses mutual needs, interests and priorities. The EL Fellow will teach one course to secondary school students from the main ethnic groups found in Prizren: Albanians, Turks, Roma, Bosnians, and Gorani. Minority integration is a critical mission and regional goal that the EL Fellow’s work will help to achieve in Prizren.
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