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Dropkin, Ruth, Ed. – 1978
The events of the tenth anniversary celebration of the Open Corridor program in New York City schools are presented in this publication. These events include: a tribute to Lillian Weber, a case history of the implementation of an open education program in a specific New York City public school, a description of community involvement efforts,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational History, Elementary Education, Open Education
Download full textTague, Linda Clark, Ed.; And Others – 1976
This report is organized around six chapters: (1) "How This Institute Came About"; (2) "Agenda"; (3) "Teacher Centering in 1976: The Real Experience"; (4) "Description of Teacher Centers"; (5) "Conference Reactions"; and (6) "Conference Directory of Participants." The first chapter discusses the sponsors, and organizers of the conference. Chapter…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Conferences, Directories, Institutes (Training Programs)
American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC. – 1978
The titles included in this document are: (1) The New Teacher Center Program; (2) Teacher Corps and Teacher Centers: Forging New Alliances; (3) Teacher Centers: For Exploring What Schools Are Aiming At and How to Get There; and (4) The Detroit Center for Professional Growth and Development. (DS)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Galambos, Eva C., Ed. – 1985
Papers presented at a conference on major inservice issues are reprinted along with summaries of discussions following the presentations. A decription is given by C.B. Garrison of the Arkansas Program for Effective Teaching, which exemplifies an inservice program wherein all districts in one state are using one highly structured, research-based…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Inservice Teacher Education
Thomas, Gretchen, Ed.; Kreitzman, Ruth, Ed. – 1977
This document presents notes on the thoughts, wishes, problems, and ideas that came from two and a half days of discussion by leaders of twenty teachers' centers. The notes are divided into four sections, corresponding to the topics addressed: teachers' study groups, the role of the advisor, community involvement, and evaluation. In the first…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperating Teachers, Group Discussion, Inservice Education
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1977
This document presents proceedings of the Midwest Regional Teacher Center Conference, designed to create an awareness of Illinois' teacher centers, as an opportunity for staff development for center personnel, and to provide a forum to explore the potential, rationale, evaluation processes, and vital issues of the teacher center concept. Presented…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Opportunities, Federal State Relationship, Financial Support
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1976
Continuing education for teachers was the theme for the University of British Columbia Conference on Teacher Education, chosen because of growing concern with the question of what forms continuing education should take once all teachers hold degrees. The conference did not attempt to provide definitive answers to the questions: Is graduate study…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Continuing Education Centers, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Pipes, Lana, Ed. – 1977
This publication chronicles the activities at the June 1977 conference sponsored by the Rhode Island Teacher Center to explore the teacher center model as a means of meeting staff development requirements of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The stated objectives of the conference were as follows: (1) to acquaint…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Exceptional Child Education, Federal Aid, Handicapped Students
Weiler, Patricia J., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The fourth annual National Teacher Center Directors Conference, the proceedings of which are reported in this document, called for discussion on: (1) institutionalizing teacher-centered inservice education; (2) expanding the support base for teacher centers; (3) synthesizing the teacher center experience; (4) linking teacher center products with…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1979
The report presents the activities, results, and papers of a 1979 New Jersey State Department of Education "Project UPDATE" conference exploring the role of institutions of higher education in special education teacher inservice education. "Professional Development--An Overview" (J. Anastasio) discusses some general issues related to faculty…
Descriptors: Action Research, College Role, Conceptual Schemes, Conference Reports
Feiman, Sharon, Ed. – 1978
A Seminar on Teacher Centers was convened in 1977 by the University of Chicago's Department of Education and Center for Policy Study in cooperation with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. This volume contains the papers commissioned for the seminar. These papers report on principal issues discussed, and give…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational Trends
Chambers, Jack A., Ed. – 1994
This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Papers also address the question of how the college classroom is…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Chambers, Jack A., Ed. – 1995
This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Titles include: (1) "African American Students' Perceptions of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Calculus, Classroom Techniques, Computer Science
Chambers, Jack A., Ed. – 1993
This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Titles include: (1) "Changing Teaching Styles When Technology Becomes…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Education, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
