ABSTRACT
This paper describes an in-service workshop on Building Foundations in Human Genetics offered by Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) for forty-three high school biology teachers. The workshop featured collaborations with school districts, science teacher organizations, professional genetics educators, and university faculty. The Indiana Higher Education Commission (IHEC) provided seventy percent of the program’s support through its Eisenhower Professional Development Program fund. At the completion of the project participants were incorporating human genetics concepts into their existing curricula with constructivist pedagogy, and sharing their successes with other teachers.
