Six African countries participated in an intercontinental professional development workshop developed by the science and math staff at the University of Iowa and supported by the Africa-America Institute. The 11-day workshop was designed to produce changes in goal setting, assessment practices, instruction, and curriculum structures for high…

This article describes research on the quality of a computer program designed to help secondary level science teachers in southern Africa create exemplary paper-based lesson materials. Results of this study show that the content, support, and interface of the program combine to form a tool that is considered by both users and experts to be valid…

In an effort to "internationalize" Illinois Central College (East Peoria, Illinois) an English professor and four colleagues wrote a successful proposal enabling them to become part of a Community Colleges Humanities Association workshop to develop courses in "primarily third-world cultures." Plans were made to develop three…