In April 2013, The Museum of Modern Art entered into a partnership with MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provider Coursera to offer professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers all over the world. Since entering into that partnership, MoMA has developed two MOOCs: "Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for Your…

Suggests that the most feasible way of achieving rapport between secondary school content area teachers and reading specialists is through in-service programs that utilize total school in-service, departmental in-service, individual in-service, total school and departmental in-service, or a combination of these approaches. (FL)

The described interdisciplinary course helped a mixed population of in-service secondary English and biology teacher-participants increase their genetics content knowledge and awareness of Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) that arose from discoveries and practices associated with the Human Genome Project. This was accomplished by…

Describes technical assistance (TA) and advocates that institutions of higher education provide TA, notably through teacher education programs, to local school districts. Article discusses the TA process and provides a planning guide for establishing a local TA program. (Author/JD)

Describes a seminar on word processing for high school teachers at Arizona State University. The course was designed following a needs assessment and changes were made based on participant evaluations. (JOW)

A participant in the Oklahoma Writing Project shares ideas about writing instruction. (RL)

Discussion of the preparation of personnel to work with gifted secondary students documents the need for special personnel preparation, preparation needs of the classroom teacher and of the gifted specialist, the need to upgrade general education personnel, and examples of some alternative personnel preparation strategies including modules,…

Reviews criticisms of existing inservice education programs, lists characteristics of successful programs, and considers important issues in the move to school-based inservice education. Recommends that schools begin staff development by developing in teachers the skills needed to initiate their own inservice programs. (JOW)

Reports how participation in a summer program of the National Writing Project helped to revitalize a junior high school English teacher and the 1,000 teachers she herself taught. (RL)

Describes MICROsearch, a self-contained system developed at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources for searching selected portions of the ERIC database on a microcomputer, and recommends that library media specialists use the program to teach basic online searching skills to teachers who are planning to take summer courses. (BBM)

Recommends that inservice teacher education challenge the intellectual development of teachers. Discusses the learning process of teachers, and profiles activities in specific elementary and secondary schools intended to benefit students' learning. Suggests that teachers should teach sound habits of mind with intellectual humility, expertise in…

As multicultural literature has made its way into the English curriculum, it has challenged teachers' thinking about curriculum and instruction and urged them to expand their teaching repertoire to include a cultural-response approach to literature instruction. This article reports on a group of secondary English teachers' exploration and…

This paper presents suggestions for increasing the effectiveness of intensive language workshops designed to upgrade and reinforce the language skills of high school foreign language teachers. Once the decision has been made to organize a workshop, the following steps might be taken: identifying the range of needs and interests of the…

Discusses the need for cooperation and coordination between state departments of education and professional associations, publishers, equipment vendors, and student organizations in planning successful inservice teacher education programs. Also discusses the various aspects of being both a classroom teacher and a department chairperson. (JOW)

Describes the nature of the "new" social history and a summer institute which introduced it to high school teachers in Illinois. Describes the institute, examines difficulties in "new" history implementation, and identifies future directions for "new" historians. (GEA)