jonas edman

Jonas Edman

  • Instructor, Stanford e-Tottori
  • Instructional Designer

616 Jane Stanford Way
Encina Hall, C332
Stanford, CA 94305-6060

(650) 725-1480 (voice)
(650) 723-6784 (fax)

Biography

Jonas Edman is a Curriculum Writer for the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). In addition to writing curriculum, Jonas coordinates SPICE’s National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) professional development seminars on East Asia for middle school teachers, and collaborates with FSI and other Stanford colleagues on developing curricula for community college instructors as part of Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative (SHREI). Prior to joining SPICE in 2010, Jonas taught history and geography in Elk Grove, California, and taught Theory of Knowledge at Stockholm International School in Stockholm, Sweden.

Jonas' professional interests lie in curriculum and instruction and teacher professional development, with a special interest in online education development. He received his Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science from California State University, Sacramento in 2010, and a bachelor degree in History from Stockholm University in 2008. He graduated high school from the American School in Japan in 1996.

Jonas has presented teacher seminars nationally for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia in Omaha, Nebraska; the California Council for Social Studies in Anaheim and Burlingame, California; the National Council for the Social Studies in Washington D.C.; the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs in East Lansing, Michigan; and the National Association for Multicultural Education in Oakland, California. He has also presented teacher seminars internationally for the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and Bangkok, Thailand; and the European Council of International Schools in Nice, France.

In The News

group photos of student honorees
News

SPICE Honors Top Students in 2022–2023 Regional Programs in Japan

Congratulations to the 2022–2023 student honorees from Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Kobe, Oita, Tottori, and Wakayama.
SPICE Honors Top Students in 2022–2023 Regional Programs in Japan
Encina Hall, Stanford University, home of SPICE
News

Announcing the Honorees of SPICE’s 2022–23 Regional Programs in Japan

Congratulations to the 12 student honorees from Hiroshima Prefecture, Kawasaki City, Kobe City, Oita Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Wakayama Prefecture.
Announcing the Honorees of SPICE’s 2022–23 Regional Programs in Japan
EPIC Fellows with Jonas and Gary
Blogs

Community College Instructors Convene at Stanford for the 2023 EPIC Symposium

Stanford Global Studies hosts 2023 Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Symposium: Integrating Global Topics into Community College Curricula.
Community College Instructors Convene at Stanford for the 2023 EPIC Symposium
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