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Rottier, Jerry – Education, 1983
An alternative inservice concept presented attempts to individualize inservice for teachers. The basic idea is one of offering a large number of possibilities for personal-professional development to the teachers. A brief description of the risk involved and the possibility of inservice growth on the part of teachers is included. (Author/TLJ)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Nontraditional Education, Professional Development
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, MD. – 1981
The position paper developed by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities stresses the need for systematic inservice programs for service providers. Deterrents cited to quality inservice programs include lack of planning and program availability. It is explained that the committee's recommendations were made after reviewing model…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities, Position Papers

Makrakis, Vasilios – Computers and Education, 1991
Describes a study of Stockholm secondary schools that examined the role of computer resource teachers (CRTs) in implementing the use of computers. Computer use in the schools is examined, in-service training for CRTs and other teachers is discussed, factors influencing the implementation process are described, and recommendations for CRTs are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Boulanger, Sandra; Wideen, Marvin – Education Canada, 1984
Several issues have arisen from evaluations of inservice education programs in British Columbia: why evaluate and whom to survey; how can much emerge from evaluations that do not meet even the simplest cannons for effective evaluation; and how will evaluation results be used. Evaluators now need to improve their craft. (DC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education

Wigginton, Eliot – Harvard Educational Review, 1989
Describes Foxfire, a philosophy of education firmly grounded in principles of democratic, experiential education. Discusses how many who attempted to adopt the approach of the Foxfire books without its founding principles obtained traditional, teacher-oriented results. Describes Foxfire's educational practices and major aspects of the staff's work…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
Thornburg, Nick A.; Wood, Fred E.; Davis, William E. – Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 2000
Discusses ways to keep established teaching assistant (TA) training programs vital using a case study of the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Davis. Identifies seven key elements in the maturation and subsequent revitalization of the TA training program, including leadership, teaching attitude, financial resources, modest…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation
Clifford, William – Momentum, 1998
Asserts that updating teachers' technology skills is crucial to enhancing the excellence of Catholic schools. Delineates the careful planning and system of evaluation that must be set up for staff development and the implementation of training objectives. (VWC)
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Educational Quality, Educational Technology
Goetsch, David L. – 1981
This mini-course and article are presentations from a workshop on computer-aided drafting. The purpose of the mini-course is to assist drafting instructors in updating their occupational knowledge to include computer-aided drafting (CAD). Topics covered in the course include general computer information, the computer in drafting, CAD terminology,…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Drafting
Novak, John M. – 1980
This paper addresses the basic issue of what is involved in becoming the "skillfully inviting" teacher, as emphasized by William W. Purkey in his book "Inviting School Success: A Self-Concept Approach to Teaching and Learning". After a brief introduction, some basic psychological and ethical assumptions of the concept are…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development

Parish, Ralph; Arends, Richard – Educational Leadership, 1983
Change strategies must include informal school networks and norms. Implementation plans must involve teachers and principals prior to training. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Educational Innovation
Jarvis, Carolyn; And Others – Research Brief: An O.E.A. Bulletin Linking Research with Educational Practice, 1988
New York City has implemented all-day kindergarten programs, reduced the size of primary grade classes, and proposed that the public schools provide pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds by 1989. In the process of program implementation, much has been learned about large-scale efforts aimed at young children. It is known that simply realigning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Size, Early Childhood Education, Educational Planning

Bosco, James J.; Harring, L. Richard – Education and Urban Society, 1983
Traces the development and missions of the federally sponsored Teacher Corps program. Discusses how persons functioned and what problems they confronted at local level implementation of the program. Suggests that major implementation problems of Teacher Corps stemmed from inability to restructure the program in accordance with modifications in its…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Robinson, Shari – Educational Technology, 1992
Discussion of integrated learning systems (ILSs) stresses the role of the teacher and the necessity of adequate teacher training for successful implementation. Three implementation patterns are described: (1) using a group computer laboratory; (2) using an independent study laboratory; and (3) a distributed system. Problems with each method are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction

Clay, Marie M. – Reading Horizons, 1991
Describes the four aspects of the Reading Recovery program: (1) the teaching of children; (2) the training of teachers; (3) the training of teacher leaders; and (4) implementing the program in an education system and coordinating the long-term prevention strategy. Notes that a critical factor in the program is the training of teachers. (RS)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Inservice Teacher Education
Foerster, Leona – 1976
Ethnic studies programs, initiated in the recent past, have begun to wane in popularity. There are a number of possible explanations for this phenomenon. Ethnic studies programs have encountered the following stumbling blocks when implemented: (1) inadequate teacher preparation and commitment; (2) fragmented integration with other curriculum…
Descriptors: Community Support, Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Studies
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