This report illustrates how four high-performing systems--British Columbia (Canada), Hong Kong, Shanghai (China) and Singapore--developed their teacher professional learning. The report and accompanying materials are designed as a resource for teachers, school leaders and policymakers wanting to improve teacher professional learning in their…

The article offers guidelines for severely handicapped personnel preparation programs. Five areas which need to be addressed by such programs are addressed: need for the program, adequacy of resources to develop and maintain the program, staff needs and instructional integrity, program limitation, and a process for program evaluation. (SB)

The paper describes the need for increased training in services for learning disabled (LD) college students, noting large increases in numbers of LD students attending college. The role of special education teacher trainers in serving this population is stressed. Training roles are considered for special education teacher trainers in direct…

Although the National Curriculum Council for England and Wales has recognized environmental education as one of five cross-curricular themes in school education, it has not achieved the same degree of influence in the Further and Higher Education (FHE) sector. This document recommends that a program be developed for that purpose. The booklet is…

The paper is designed to help managers of mainstreamed programs set up intensive staff training courses on mainstreaming. A brief analytic survey of the literature is followed by a discussion of practical applications of mainstreaming (including philosophy, curriculum, support services, and evaluation). The remainder of the paper reviews…

A curriculum planning model is presented to develop a comprehensive special education teacher preparation program. (CL)

The Model Teacher Induction Project will: (1) identify needs of beginning teachers; (2) develop and implement a model teacher induction program designed to meet those needs; (3) assess the effects of the model program on new teachers in a school setting; (4) inform the teacher education community about the program; (5) study the subsequent…

Describes the development of a program to structure and implement a censorship simulation in a graduate-level teacher education course. Presents an outline of the censorship simulation with steps as follows: determining goals and objectives; establishing a rationale; creating a setting; providing the situation; identifying student roles; creating…

This course is designed for educators, natural resource professionals, and others who will be working with students, teachers, school systems, youth groups and their leaders, community groups, and others to plan, design, and conduct wildlife habitat enhancement projects, primarily on school grounds. It provides an introduction to planning,…

The steps in successful practicum site selection and assignment for prospective special education teachers are discussed. (CL)

This guidebook presents five workshops designed to help train architects to function as resource people for built environment education. These workshops, which were held in 1975 and 1976, are intended as models. Each of them may be followed in its entirety, or ideas may be chosen from some of the workshops presented to create a different kind of…

The need for personnel preparation planning in special education is emphasized, and guidelines for meeting and going beyond the personnel preparation requirements in P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, are suggested. (CL)

This guide stems from concern that many classroom teachers have limited exposure to the scientific community in general and to the nature and method of science in particular. It offers guidelines and suggestions to plan, conduct, and evaluate summer mentorship programs and gives practical advice on establishing programs, garnering institutional…

Based on the premise that school districts across the nation are constantly striving to improve the learning experiences they provide students, this booklet reflects heightened public interest in developing all parts of the educational process. The four chapters discuss: the values, philosophy, mission, and goals of the Minnesota State Board of…

That program development for the preparation of English teachers requires the collaboration of curricularists, educational philosophers and psychologists, and content specialists is the focus of this paper. One orientation to program development is considered in a discussion of social foundations, curriculum theory and development, English…