JEEM SCHOLAR: October 19 – November 23, 2019

Introduction

During a six-week program, the MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development will host Bujin Magvanrenchin from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She is this year’s recipient of the JEEM Memorial Scholarship, which was established by the family of Dr. James G. Hauwiller to support international educational exchanges

Brief Biography of Bujin Magvanrenchin

Bujin Magvanrenchin was born in Choibalsan, Dornod province, which is in the eastern part of Mongolia. She has two brothers; she is the youngest of the siblings.  Her parents are  pensioners:  her father was a physics – math teacher and her mother was an engineer. “I am very proud of my parents because they are very hardworking and well educated people.”

 After graduation from Dornod Teacher’s Training College as a Mongolian language and a Primary school teacher in 1997, Bujin also completed a 4-year English course with American teachers.   At that time, English was just starting to be taught in secondary schools. During summer vacation she participated in Summer English Olympics in Ulaanbatar three times, successfully in 1994, 1995, and 1996.  She graduated from Mongolian State University of Education in 2013.  Also, she is proud of graduating from a two year- EXCEL program of the English Language Institute in 2011.  From this Training she learned useful methodology and skills to become an effective English teacher.  

Bujin has been teaching English for 18 years in secondary schools, currently at laboratory school 23. There are six languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, Russian and Dutch taught in her school. Bujin says, “I like working with children and love teaching them everything I know.” She has trained many students for local and International Olympics and taught in several teachers’ trainings, seminars and methodology workshops as a Teacher Trainer for the City. 

She will participate in this award  “to learn American education and culture, improve my teaching methodology and to complete and implement my JEEM proposed project: “Developing Portfolio Assessment.”   Bujin primarily wants to expand Portfolio Assessment in scope and extent for her teaching purposes. Further, she will continue to implement Portfolio Assessment with her secondary school students.  She says, "I will work as an educator in Mongolia more efficaciously and coherently by using the findings of my study at MSU."  While here, she will be mentored by Dr. Lauren Davis and attend Edu. 382, Assessment class.  She will observe methodology in classrooms at all levels, and review current curriculums.  Once back in Mongolia, she will share her experiences through training workshops with her colleagues.

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Welcome Bujin to MSU, Bozeman, and Montana.