This paper describes a 1996-97 faculty development program conducted for the social work department at Andrews University (Michigan). The training included the presentation of instructional theory, demonstration of instructional techniques, practice of the techniques by the participants, feedback on these practice sessions, and on-going support…

The goal of the project was to improve the quality and increase the amount of science knowledge of secondary school life science teachers through a series of workshops and summer institutes using medical school life scientists as the primary vehicle to transfer knowledge to teachers who would then transmit that knowledge to their students. A total…

Project Equity was a one-year project, funded by the Women's Educational Equity Act Program of the Department of Education, to enable the Saint Louis (Missouri) Public Schools to develop, test, and disseminate a curriculum on sex equity issues and laws. Designed to be integrated with law-related education programs in grades six through eight, the…

As part of an effort to address the problem of the technological update of vocational and technical teachers, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education conducted a status study to determine the nature and extent of the problem with respect to institutional level and occupational area. A second aspect of the study dealt with…