{"id":20,"date":"2013-10-30T12:35:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/?p=20"},"modified":"2013-10-30T12:39:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:39:56","slug":"jason-raymond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/2013\/10\/30\/jason-raymond\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Raymond &#8217;12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/files\/2013\/10\/Jason-Raymond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" alt=\"Jason Raymond\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/files\/2013\/10\/Jason-Raymond-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/files\/2013\/10\/Jason-Raymond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/files\/2013\/10\/Jason-Raymond-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/files\/2013\/10\/Jason-Raymond.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Major: Mathematics<\/p>\n<p>Double minor: Education &amp; Japanese<\/p>\n<p>Current position: Science Communication and English Teacher, Chiba Prefecture, Japan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I graduated from Dickinson in 2012 as a Mathematics major and double-minor in Education and Japanese. I am interested in the field of comparative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly between the education systems of the United States and Japan. During my senior year at Dickinson, I applied to and was accepted for a position as a licensed teacher at Chosei High School in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture Japan, which is a Super Science High School (SSH). (SSH is a designation awarded by the Japanese\u00a0<a title=\"Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Education,_Culture,_Sports,_Science_and_Technology\">Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology<\/a>\u00a0(MEXT) to secondary schools that focus on STEM education.) I was hired to teach Super Science Communication, which is, at its core, a bilingual (Japanese\/English) approach to learning and discussing about science which gives way to effective bilingual presentations. To fulfill my fulltime working requirement, I also teach a number of English Expressions classes, which promotes an active approach to learning and using English in authentic and meaningful contexts. While I have been here, I have had the opportunity to meet other Dickinsonians who have came to Japan, further building and strengthening my personal connections and professional networks in a globalized way. I feel no less than blessed to be here in Japan, living my dream and doing what I love. What\u2019s more is that this position serves as the ultimate culmination of my studies at Dickinson as it evokes all of the knowledge and skills I have developed in my four years there. I do believe though, that what I have achieved until now serves as a solid basis for my career in the future and it\u2019s only the beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major: Mathematics Double minor: Education &amp; Japanese Current position: Science Communication and English Teacher, Chiba Prefecture, Japan &nbsp; I graduated from Dickinson in 2012 as a Mathematics major and double-minor in Education and Japanese. I am interested in the field of comparative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly between the education systems of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/japaneseprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}