The establishment and governance of teacher centers, their function and potential, is discussed from both positive and negative viewpoints. (JD)

An attempt to define teacher mentorship begins with a personal account of experiences as both a protege and a mentor, leading to a discussion of mentoring as a "gift-exchange" process, with mentors helping others to develop different perspectives, and proteges passing this gift of reflection to others. (CB)

The Commissioner of Education reviews trends in vocational education and reports findings of government inservice education programs for vocational education teachers. (GW)

This definition of mentoring, focusing on its application to the teaching profession, points out the paradoxes and conflicts in the mentoring process, viewed as a transcendental experience for the mentor and a transformational experience for the protege. (CB)

It is recommended that educational planning and inservice teacher education be integrated to achieve the most effective modifications of staff attitudes. (GW)

In-service activities should give more attention to how teachers learn and how teachers' learning styles are related to their teaching styles. (JD)

A plan is presented for introducing instructional innovations in school districts through inservice education. (GW)

A review of issues associated with teacher mentoring explores various ways for construing mentor roles, formal and informal mentoring processes, supportive conditions for mentoring, criteria for selecting mentors, and criteria for matching mentors to beginning teachers. A strong case is made for preparation and support of mentor teachers. (CB)

The multidimensional nature of continuing teacher education and the diversity of problems which surround it are discussed. (JD)

An Ohio State University project developed an alternative approach to staff development that encompassed areas of general education, aesthetic education, and curriculum theory through experiences in the performing arts. (DF)

Ways in which student teaching and inservice and preservice teacher education can be made into a continuum of teacher education services, especially for vocational education teachers, are explained. (GW)

The author contends that curriculum improvement efforts in the field of vocational education should focus on teachers, especially on teachers who are favorably disposed toward change. (GW)

A board of education member reflects upon the philosophy of in-service teacher education, the complex needs involved in in-service programs, and the problems of meeting those needs. (JD)

An instructional model, labeled "direct instruction," which contains general principles that can form the basis for in-service teacher training in teaching basic skills in reading and mathematics, is described. (JD)

Computers are the objects of instruction, the means to deliver instruction, and tools for learning. Short case studies of particular programs show how computers are being used. Also discussed is how computer programs can be implemented. (JMK)