The Art of Teaching Italian Through Italian Art in Italy

Recipient: Severino, Roberto (Washington DC, DC 20016 USA) in affiliation with Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC (Bethesda, MD 20814 USA)

Description: This proposal seeks a grant for a four-week National Summer Institute from June 28 to July 24, 2009, for teachers of Italian K-12, whose knowledge of the humanities will be greatly enriched, by the study of Italian artists and their major works as available in museums and churches in Rome and the region of Tuscany, Italy. Primarily the participants will learn how to teach the Italian language via a content-based approach using Italian art and will be immersed in the Italian language and culture. The teachers will be provided ample time to study, reflect and have direct contact with scholars, experts on the field of Italian linguistics and Italian and Roman art. In addition the teachers will visit museums, churches and other sites in Tuscany and will meet with artisans living and working there who will demonstrate and will help them practice techniques, such as ceramic, mosaic and marble carving. Lead teachers will be identified to assist and guide the other participants.

Grant: 192006 / ES-50244-08,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2008

The Art of Teaching Italian through Italian Art in Rome, Italy

Recipient: Severino, Roberto (Washington DC, DC 20016 USA) in affiliation with Italian Cultural Society of Washington, DC (Bethesda, MD 20814 USA)

Goal: A four-week summer institute, in Italy, for twenty-five K-12 teachers of Italian to study content-based approaches to teaching using Italian art.

Description: The proposal seeks a grant for four-week National Summer Insitute from June 25 to July 20, 2007, for teachers of Italian K-12 whose knowledge of humanities will be greatly enriched by the study of Italian artists and their major works available in museums in Rome and Tuscany, Italy. The particpants will learn to teach the Italian Language via a content-based approach using Italian art and will be immersed in the Italian language and culture. They will be provided ample time to study, reflect and have direct contact with scholars. In addition the teachers will visit museums, churches and other sites in Tuscany. They will meet with aritsan living and working there. This will help the teachers practice techniques such as ceramics, mosaic and marble carving. The participants may elect to register for six (6) graduate credits. By having aquired a better understanding of humanities, the teachers will be able to provide more motivating and contextually richer lessons to their students.

Grant: 182188 / ES-50155-06,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2006

Virtual Italian Experience

Recipient: Bayer, Daniel L (Los Angeles, CA 90089-4354 USA) in affiliation with University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012 USA)

Goal: The development of interactive digital learning tools for students of Italian language and literature.

Grant: 175854 / EE-50266-05,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development,   Year Awarded: 2005

Boccaccio and His Influence on Chaucer

Recipient: Mazzotta, Giuseppe F (New Haven, CT 06520-8311 USA) in affiliation with Yale University (New Haven, CT 06520 USA)

Goal: To support a six-week summer institute for 24 college and university faculty members on Boccaccio's art and its role in developing the literary tradition that inspired Chaucer.

Grant: 142442 / EH-21316-90,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1990

Modern Italian Culture, 1800 - Present

Recipient: Donato, Clorinda (Long Beach, CA 90840 USA) in affiliation with California State University, Long Beach Foundation

Goal: To support a masterwork study project on Italian literature and culture for 15 elementary and secondary school teachers of French and Spanish.

Grant: 143335 / ES-21938-90,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1990

Petrarch, The Poet-Humanist, and Petrarchism

Recipient: Mazzotta, Giuseppe F (New Haven, CT 06520-8311 USA) in affiliation with Yale University (New Haven, CT 06520 USA)

Goal: To support a six-week institute for 22 participants on Petrarch's major works and the Petrarchian legacy in Western culture.

Grant: 142313 / EH-20949-88,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1988