What is the motivation for either the secondary school or university participants to collaborate?
Secondary school teachers may benefit by receiving credit, either graduate or continuing education. Teachers often need credit for salary increases or because continuing education is required in their contract. Teachers may also receive stipends for attending. Other motivation may be in the form of supplies or other support for their teaching. Many teachers wish to take part because of personal motivation, their sense of responsibility and pride in doing as good a job as possible. For those who say, “But those are the teachers who need help the least because they tend to be the innovators already,” let us suggest: a very important purpose of these sessions is to rejuvenate the “good” teachers and link them with other dedicated educators. Be forewarned that a lack of participation by teachers for a project may be no reflection on the quality of the session. Teachers are inundated with meetings and administrative responsibilities and are often overworked, underpaid, and sometimes underva
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