Update on Project (China)Multimedia Technologies, Multiple Intelligences, and Teacher Professional Development in an International Ed Project

(China) Multimedia Technologies, Multiple Intelligences, and Teacher Professional Development in an International Education Project. Susan Crichton and Gail Kopp. Innovate. Feb/March 2006 vol.2 issue 3. Online March 2006. This paper shares a model for content development for teacher education in Western China. The goal of our project, Strengthening Capacity for Basic Education in Western China (SCBEWC), is to improve student learning through teacher education with a focus on student-centered instruction and SCI's tie to multiple intelligences. … By the end of the project, a teacher training program of courses and resources in these two areas will be available to approximately ten million Chinese teachers, particularly those in rural regions. … the first complete course, based on the content developed for the original face-to-face training, has been delivered by distance. A formal evaluation of this course has been completed, confirming the effectiveness of this course design…