Describes the Team Instructional Prescriptions (TIP) theory, which was developed to synthesize team training research into an integrated theory that defines instructional outcomes and conditions and prescribes instructional methods. Literature concerning team training is reviewed, and three models are explained that incorporate team development…

Teacher education faculty have recently recognized the need for interdisciplinary preservice training that incorporates collaborative approaches, but such training is usually unworkable within the traditional university department structure. Research supports the contention that a team makes more accurate decisions than do individuals acting…

This paper describes and compares three teacher-training models for population education. The analysis emphasizes the use of the models for the Filipino Population Education Program (PEP), but also discusses their applicability to other programs in the Philippines and elsewhere. The three models are 1) superordinate training, which constitutes a…