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

Main Quad; photo credit Andrew Brodhead
News

Application Now Open for the 2024 East Asia Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers

The free virtual institute will run June 24–27 and is open to all grade 5–8 teachers in California. Participants can earn a professional stipend and three units from Stanford Continuing Studies.
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group photos of student honorees
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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.
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Encina Hall, Stanford University, home of SPICE
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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.
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