This study compared attitudes towards inclusive education and organizational commitment, as well as their relationship, amongst three types of teachers working in Chinese inclusive education schools. A total of 623 teachers, including general education teachers (n = 168), inclusive education teachers (n = 246), and resource room teachers…

Engaging positively with the mobility of Indigenous students has been the centre of a 5-year action research project in Queensland, Australia. Drawing on responses developed for other marginalised mobile populations, and with consideration for the extent of mobility amongst many Indigenous people in Australia, this paper focuses on the…

Itinerant special educators can be much more than "tutors" for young children with special needs. They can transform whole classrooms and help inclusion flourish--if they have the clear guidelines and best practices they need to make the most of their critical roles. This is the book that every itinerant early childhood special educator has been…

In Anchorage, Alaska, resource teachers in the Classroom Music Program trained 450 elementary teachers to handle music in their own classrooms by means of packet-type lesson formats, a Music Jamboree cycle, and an assembly that reinforces previous teaching. (AM)

This study was designed to establish the efficacy of Teaching SMART (Teaching Science, Mathematics and Relevant Technologies); a science professional development program for teachers with students in grades 3 through 5. Teaching SMART promotes scientific inquiry and emphasizes the importance of equity, empowerment, exploration, and fun in the…

The resource teacher's role in providing inservice training to regular educators is examined. The paper then describes an Action Plan Approach in which regular education teachers and the resource room teacher jointly identify problems commonly associated with mainstreaming and utilize combined efforts to resolve the problem. The advantages to the…

The Multimedia Individualized Learning Experience (MILE) project of the Dubuque (Iowa) Community Schools is described. (SJ)

THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO INSERVICE EDUCATION WERE DESCRIBED THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING IN GROUP SESSIONS. EACH APPROACH INCLUDED A CAREFULLY PLANNED SEQUENCE OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO BE PRESENTED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT OF THE PERSON'S WORK. SUMMER COURSES AND SUMMER WORKSHOPS WERE NOT INCLUDED…

An inservice program for regular class teachers of mainstreamed gifted and talented elementary and secondary students was conducted by resource teachers and involved consultation, workshops, and on-site visits. Evaluation revealed that close support by resource teachers prompted more open-ended and individualized assignments and greater student…

The Developmental Teacher Model, a resource teacher model used in Ontario, Canada, by the Dufferin-Peel Roman Catholic Separate School Board, employs a special education team responsible for educational assessment, consultation with other teachers, direct withdrawal services to some students, and support to integrated students from contained…

Investigated the effects of learning disabilities teacher training for consultation with classroom teachers. Learning disabilities resource teachers (N=4) received communication skills training, and resource teachers (N=4) received conceptual assumptions training. Training resource teachers in communication skills resulted in significantly higher…

The report summarizes a needs assessment in the area of inservice training for teachers of behaviorally impaired students in Nebraska. Procedures for conducting the needs assessment are described in terms of three functions: planning (involving collaboration of a number of agencies), data collection (a Professional Development Needs Survey was…

Ten randomly selected resource teachers participated in a five-weekend workshop course on questioning strategies, designed to help them ask higher cognitive level questions. Students were 60 learning disabled fifth and sixth graders with reading difficulties. A mini-computer collected observational data reflecting student-teacher interaction…

The study examined the effects of an inservice program for nine resource and eight itinerant teachers on skills of regular classroom teachers in meeting needs of visually handicapped students enrolled in their classes and supportive services provided to classroom teachers by resource and itinerant teachers. An introductory chapter covers…

Described is a one-year pilot program undertaken to retrain elementary school teachers for remodeling their programs in science education. One purpose of the program was to aid teachers to understand the nature of inquiry learning through activities that combined scientific and quantitative data essential for comprehensive understanding of…