The Minesweeping Team is pleased to issue an Invitation to a talk of Dr. Rosalie Metro : Can people create an unbiased history curriculum that tells the truth about Myanmar? on Saturday, 13th July, 10 a.m. at the YMCA (Maha Bandoola Str.) followed by a discussion concentrating on the relationship of Truth and Trust in Myanmar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosalie Metro is a teacher, independent scholar, and educational consultant based in the USA. She hold a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, an M.A. in Education from Goddard College, and a B.A. in History from Reed College. In 2011, she completed her dissertation at Cornell, "History Curricula and the Reconciliation of Ethnic Conflict: A Collaborative Project with Burmese Migrants and Refugees in Thailand.” Since 2000, she has visited the Thai-Burma border yearly, collaborating with educators in both countries, providing teacher training, and conducting research. She co-wrote Histories of Burma, a primary source-based textbook designed to promote reconciliation among students of varied ethnicities and backgrounds from Burma/Myanmar. Currently, she teaches history to 8th graders at Columbia Independent School in Columbia/Missouri. She also volunteers with refugees from Burma/Myanmar living in her community and does Burmese interpreting for Columbia Public Schools in her town where she lives with her husband and daughter. For more information see her homepage https://sites.google/site/rosaliemetro./
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