Teachers and administrators in MSUNER partner districts are provided an opportunity to immerse themselves in scholarly topics and issues in small, liberal arts seminars offered by university faculty. Seminars focus on three main areas: Great Lives and Literatures; Living, Learning, and the Arts; and Science Matters.
To register for Teachers as Scholars seminars, click here.
1. Cleopatra: Images of Female Power
Prudence Jones
October 24 and November 14, 2011, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
2. *SOLD OUT* 10 Things to Love About Shakespeare—in Two Parts
Naomi Conn Liebler
October 27 and November 17, 2011, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
3. Evolutionary Biology
Scott Kight
December 1 and 15, 2011, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
4. *SOLD OUT* What is “Correct English,” Anyway? Standard English, Social Realities, and Language Change
Alice Freed
January 24 and 31, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
5. Film, Art, and Social Change in Spain
Linda Gould Levine
Friday, January 27, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
6. The Sixties
Gregory Waters
February 2 and 9, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
7. *SOLD OUT* Color in the Classroom: A Historical Perspective on How Schools Teach “Race”
Zoë Burkholder
March 2 and 23, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
8. Can Virtue Be Taught – by Women?
Dorothy Rogers
March 30, 2012, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
For seminar descriptions, click on the tab "PD Opportunities" or download the following document:
Teachers as Scholars Seminar Descriptions
To register for Teachers as Scholars seminars, click here.
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