In typical short-term teacher development workshops, experts model instructional practices for teachers so that teachers can then adapt the model to their own situation. Such workshops are often ineffective because of the lack of adjustment before modeling and the overreliance on teacher adaptation of existing practices. In this article, we argue…

Despite the promise of technology in education, many practicing teachers are faced with multiple challenges of effectively integrating technology into their classroom instruction. Additionally, teachers who are successful incorporating educational technology into their instruction recognize that although technology tools have the potential to help…

This monograph presents in some detail the ways in which Faculty Institutes--professional development opportunities where instructors immerse themselves in site-specific learning activities exactly as students would, though only for several days--allow participants to acquire the skill to design such adventures elsewhere for their own students.…

Thirty vocational education teachers and supervisors who taught disadvantaged and/or handicapped students attended a 3-week inservice institute designed to: (1) provide them with the expertise to better understand the various problems of the disadvantaged and handicapped, and (2) provide training and self-exploratory experiences. Institute…

An informational and evaluative report of the Migrant Teacher Supervisory Institute conducted at Arizona State University is presented. The institute had as its long-range goals (1) change rather than mere progress and (2) implementation rather than innovation. The curriculum for the institute centered around the following areas: unit teaching,…

Highlights the components of the Gannett Teaching Fellowship Program, a summer workshop designed to improve journalism teacher effectiveness. Notes the particular benefits of using videotape materials, slide presentations, and the PLATO computer learning system in journalism education. (RL)

The program for training teachers of disturbed preschoolers conducted at the Department of Child Study at Tufts University is described in terms of origin and need, administrative concerns, and the philosophy regarding the role of a teacher with the emotionally disturbed. Additional aspects of the program which are discussed include the training…

This report describes the Teacher Work Group Project to help teachers of students with severe disabilities learn about new teaching practices and implement them in the classroom. Teacher Work Groups (TWGs) were formed at week-long summer institutes and the groups subsequently met during the school year to apply the strategies and learning in the…

Described is a 4-week summer workshop, Project OUTREACH, designed to train Head Start personnel in the knowledge and skills necessary to identify handicapped or potentially handicapped children and to develop specific teaching strategies for the preschool handicapped child. It is explained that a unique aspect of the workshop was the coordination…

A training project on programing activities for the trainable retarded was held for seven family care home operators and three paraprofessionals from residential institutions in California. Emphasis at the weekly sessions was placed on providing an appropriate environment and developing recreational, social, physical and academic skills in…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) has supported the development of a training program for school bus drivers in the form of a curriculum package (instructor's, course, and trainee study guides). To assist the States in making the program operational, NHTSA in 1974 supported the conduct of five five-day institutes to explain…

THE 1967 WESTERN REGION TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE AT CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE) PROGRAMS IN SIX STATES. THE INSTITUTE FOCUSED ON FIVE BROAD AREAS--UNDERSTANDING THE ABE STUDENT, METHODS OF TRAINING ABE INSTRUCTORS, ADMINISTRATION, PROGRAM…

Comments upon the lack of writing skills often exhibited by corporate executives and outlines a plan for a one-day workshop on writing that focuses on the businessperson's needs. (JC)

This guide is designed to give adult educators a brief overview of group methods and techniques. The following 24 are covered: audience reaction teams, brainstorming, buzz sessions, case studies, colloquies, committees, conferences, conventions, demonstrations, discussion groups, field trips or tours, forums, institutes, interviews, lectures or…

A study was conducted to determine if and how teachers changed as a result of participating in a National Writing Project summer institute. The study investigated the process of change as based on reports of 16 elementary through college level teacher-consultants who attended the institute. The decision-making operation process of the teachers to…