INTEC began with a pilot cohort in September 1996. Over the three-year life of the project, approximately one thousand teachers from across the country and abroad will receive 125 contact hours of professional development. See Requirements/Commitments for further information regarding contact hours. The goal of the course is to bring inquiry-based teaching and learning strategies to middle and high school teachers of mathematics and science. Student equity and assessment issues are woven throughout.

Topic	Title and Goal	Activities	Timespan
Intro	Introduction Learn about INTEC, get comfortable composing and posting messages to threaded discussion groups, using the DOMINO interface, and meet your co-participants and moderator online.	3 activities	3 weeks
Pedagogy	Pedagogy in Support of Inquiry Understand... the critical importance of implementing inquiry-based teaching and learning strategies in place of procedures; the connection between doing science and mathematics and real conceptual understanding. Continued support of an online moderator.	2 activities	4 weeks
Inquiry	Personal Experience of Inquiry Gain direct experience of inquiry methods with support from an expert online moderator.	2 activities	4 weeks
Tools	Tools to Support Inquiry Learn a new tool by branching off into inquiry-based curricula in participants' respective teaching fields: modeling or imaging software, image analysis or data acquisition, etc. An online field expert is available, along with colleagues, in a moderated exchange.	4 activities	4 weeks
Content	Content Support for Inquiry Prepare to use the new tool with students by engaging in an inquiry project of one's own design. Online support from colleagues and a field expert continues in a moderated exchange.	4 activities	4 weeks
Practicum	Bringing Inquiry to the Classroom Pilot new tools with students. Share student outcomes that demonstrate conceptual understanding.	self-paced	7 weeks

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