Activities to date under the federal Teacher Centers Law (Public Law 94-482) are described. Opportunities for the submission of new proposals, or rewriting and resubmission of rejected proposals are described. National Education Association interest in these activities is made clear. (MJB)

Considers the British teacher center for inservice training a potentially useful model for the professional development of American teachers. The centers focus on teacher role expansion through training in curriculum development and implementation. (DP)

Two models of in-service education programs for secondary school teachers are described--the on-site model and the teacher center model. (MM)

This document contains three sections each of which provides an overview of teacher centers and several case studies of individual centers in Japan, Britain, and the U. S. Although teacher centers tend to be diverse, those in England and Japan seem to have a describable national characteristic, Japanese centers tend to be large with regard to both…

This document discusses concepts of a teacher education center and states that teacher education center programs include the following: (a) career-long teacher education, (b) cooperation and collaboration, (c) commitment to shared power, (d) pooling of resources, (e) field-based preservice teacher education, and (f) broader focus on in-service…

A description of Teachers' Centers in England; their characteristics, recent growth and development, objectives, in-service training and curriculum development activities, and an assessment of their strengths, weaknesses, and likely future. (EH)

Describes the purposes of the Center for Science Education at the University of Oslo as follows: to give help and advice to acting teachers; to make the staff at the university more aware of the needs and problems of the schools. Outlines the activities involved in fulfilling these purposes. (GS)

Teacher centers are examined in terms of their differences, their assumptions about teaching and staff development, and their possibilities as complements to other staff development activities. The question of who and what are seen as resources, the kind of assistance centers provide, and the issue of responsibility and control are discussed. (JMF)

The role and function of a college of education should continue to be analyzed. (MM)

Defines teachers centers as physical facilities within a school where teachers can meet on a voluntary basis to share ideas related to their professional and their personal lives. Provides a how-to-do-it guide for teachers interested in organizing the community of learning and sharing that teachers centers make possible. (Author)

Central Ohio Project Breakthrough, a successful in-service training program, is the focus of this discussion of the modes and problems of in-service teacher education. (MM)

The formation of an environmental studies center and its efforts to better prepare inservice teachers for developing and implementing environmental education programs are discussed. Seminars, workshops, problem clinics, field trips, and consulting services are some of the methods used. Means of generating community interest and administrative…

The renewal function of inservice programs can be accomplished only at a local, personal level. (JH)