The Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth, 2002) was used to identify processes of teacher learning during the collaborative design of curriculum materials in the context of curriculum innovation. Nine published studies from six different countries about teachers' collaborative curriculum design were analyzed to…

Textbooks and other printed materials will be ever present, in the foreseeable future, as major aids for teaching and learning processes. New textbooks imply new guidelines for teachers, and the ways to handle such guidelines demand teacher training. This paper explains some links between inservice teacher training programs and the development of…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AS PHASE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE USE OF A PROCESS APPROACH TO SCIENCE INSTRUCTION. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS THE CHILD TO LEARN THE CONTENT OF SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF SCIENCE BY USING THE SAME…

A study group of representatives from eight Asian nations met under the auspices of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development to share experiences related to inservice education and the development of materials used in inservice training. The participants were specialists in different disciplines, teacher educators, curriculum…

Systematic instructional development procedures were used to prepare materials for an introductory teaching methods course in competency-based instruction. Materials, which included self-instructional booklets, supplemental practice exercises and teaching skills tests were effective and rated highly by 10 instructors and more than 400 preservice…

Describes three strategies for disseminating innovative ideas and practices among teachers. Describes how British teaching centers function as centers for exhibitions, socializing, resources, inservice education, and curriculum development. Notes three factors governing the success of teachers' centers: their practical value, teacher involvement,…

A project was conducted to develop a model vocational marketing plan, strategy, curriculum, and camera-ready products appropriate for use by school districts throughout Washington state. Puget Sound area secondary vocational education directors were interviewed to gather information on the current status of vocational education marketing. Next,…

BELIEF THAT ALL SCHOOL LEARNING IS INFLUENCED BY THE TEACHER'S FEELING FOR THE STUDENT, BY THE TEACHER'S CULTURAL EVALUATION OF THE STUDENT, BY CULTURAL MOTIVATION AND BY INTRINSIC VALUE IN THE CURRICULUM LED TO THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED STUDENT--STUDY OF THE COMMUNITY, AND OF THE SCHOOL INSERVICE TRAINING OF…

THE FORD FOUNDATION PROJECTS INCLUDE--THE PREPARATION OF READING MATERIALS FOR NONENGLISH SPEAKING BILINGUAL PUPILS ENTERING THE FIRST GRADE, THE REVISION OF "FRIES AMERICAN ENGLISH SERIES" FOR NONENGLISH SPEAKING BILINGUAL PUPILS WHO CAN READ AND WRITE IN THEIR OWN VERNACULAR, THE PREPARATION OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL FOR BILINGUAL…

A set of program planning guides that include seven areas (1) Agricultural Production, (2) Agricultural Supplies and Services, (3) Agricultural Mechanics, (4) Agricultural Products, (5) Ornamental Horticulture, (6) Agricultural Resources, and (7) Forestry, were developed and introduced to high school applied biological and agricultural occupations…

This learning module on designing student materials for self-pacing is one of nine developed for use in training administrators, teachers, and prospective teachers in the utilization of Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) catalogs of performance objectives, criteria-referenced measures, and performance guides. Information…

INVOLVING NINE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THE PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH EXPERIENCES THAT REFLECTED A VALID INTERPRETATION OF GOOD MATHEMATICAL THINKING, TO MAKE EXTENSIVE DATA COLLECTIONS TO DOCUMENT THE NATURE OF THE EXPERIENCES, TO ACHIEVE THE MOST EFFECTIVE POSSIBLE QUALITY CONTROL IN ASSURING THE RELEVANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXPERIENCES,…

The purpose of the project was to test, evaluate, revise and expand course materials developed during previous phases of the program. Each unit of work attempted was designed to be included in a full course of study in a vocational education curriculum for junior and senior high school students in Computer Assisted Instruction mode. The 13…

Reviews a pilot project (teaching science) in India. Objectives included the following: developing reliable locally-produced low-cost equipment; finding experiments compatible with the equipment that illustrate principles and practice of modern chemistry; providing teachers with workshops, manuals, and videotapes; establishing a production unit to…

The Materials and Assistance in Science Teaching project carried out a model program for improving science teaching in all 125 elementary classrooms in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District of Northern California. The project was a cooperative activity involving Sonoma State University and the school district, with funding shared by…