This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 25 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the effectiveness of a reading inservice program on secondary school teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and teaching behavior; the student teaching practicum in reading; inservice reading instruction and teachers' perceptions of their principals' competencies in facilitating a reading program; student teachers' assessment of and prescription for secondary school pupils' reading levels; teacher performance in an adult basic education program in Jamaica; English methods courses in New England and in Midwestern colleges and universities; training in client-centered consultation skills and reading consultants' ability to effect change; instructional television in the teacher education course; critical components in a staff development program based on the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of English; the use of competency-based instructional materials to improve teacher effectiveness in language development; a dynamic model for staff development in reading; teacher preparation in multicultural literature; teachers' conceptions of reading; and shifts in preservice teachers' perceptions of competence and in their attitudes toward the role of reading. (FL)