January 27, 2006

Dear Dean Caffarella:

Thank you for using the funds to support faculty's research projects.

My name is Lin Lin , a new faculty in the Childhood and Early Childhood Department at SUNY Cortland. I'm submitting a research proposal for a project entitled “Geopolitical Knowledge and Global Awareness of Pre-Service Teachers”. I feel strongly about the topic and would like to enhance students' learning experiences in our program through a global awareness research project. The proposal is the first step of the project. The following steps would be designing specific programs and courses to help pre-service teachers be more aware of the global events that affect the lives of the US citizens.

In this package, you will receive the following documents:

  1. Proposal for a Survey Study of Geopolitical Knowledge and Global Awareness of Pre-Service Teachers
  2. Survey (draft) (map parts not included)
  3. My recent co-presentation on a similar topic in NCSS, Kansas City , MO , in Nov. 2005

Your time and consideration is very much appreciated.

Lin Lin

Lin Lin Assistant Professor, Ph.D Dept. of Childhood/Early Childhood Ed. School of Education SUNY at Cortland Cortland , NY 13045 Office: Van Hoesen B224A Office Phone: 607-753-4234 linlin@cortland.edu

cc. Dr. Cindy Benton