Cuernavaca 2008
June 28 - July 12 2008

2008 Applications are Still Being Accepted for the Program – Get Yours in Today!

Pack your bags for a two-week Travel Study adventure in Cuernavaca, Mexico, located one hour south of Mexico City. This program will strengthen your Spanish language skills at the renowned Cemanáhuac Educational Community, while immersing you in the culture, history, education, and people of Mexico.

The program leader on the trip will be Dr. Peter Baird - Sacramento State Associate Professor of Bilingual/ Multicultural Education and coauthor of Beyond the Border: Mexico and the U.S. Today. He will supplement your language study with a seminar on current issues in Mexican education: immigration, contested national elections, teacher and indigenous community mobilizations in Oaxaca, NAFTA, multilingualism, the arts, and other issues that affect schooling in Mexico and the U.S.

Structure

• Attend orientation and complete a short reading list prior to departure.

• Travel on your own to Mexico City and take a one-hour bus ride to Cuernavaca to meet your Mexican families.

• Attend Cemanáhuac classes during the day and several seminars each week with Dr. Baird on “Reflections on Mexican Education.”

• Classes each morning and family home-stay are in semi-urban Cuernavaca. During the second week we will visit the charming village campus at Buenavista de Cuéllar, 75 miles to the south.

• Complete a final paper for the Pass/Fail units.

Flyer

Download the trip flyer here