Characteristics of a cooperative inservice teacher education program that has functioned for three years are discussed in this booklet. Part I supplies the rationale behind the planning of the Teacher Corps-funded program between Western Washington University and the Arlington Public School District (Washington), including problems reported in…

The University College of Saint Joseph's University (Pennsylvania) has developed the Experiential Learning Assessment Program (ELAP) which is designed for University College students who wish to apply to and be assessed for college credits gained through experiential learning. The need for such a program was recognized when Archdiocesan teachers,…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who are responsible for career resource centers in secondary schools and community colleges. The…

Institutions of higher education can be organized as viable and vital contributors to inservice teacher education programs. A critical reexamination of the relationship between preservice and inservice training is needed. Inservice is only one part of a continuing education process, which should be organized both within and between schools and…

Eight essays are presented which reflect current problems, issues, and practices related to the development of teacher and administrator expertise. The authors are school district and public school administrators, faculty of schools of education, and a director of staff development in a state department of education. The topics treated are: (1)…

A study assessed the competencies developed for the Teaching of Elementary Science course by observing recent graduates of the college as they taught science and by interviewing them concerning their science teaching. An instrument was developed for rating teacher behavior in each competency area. Observations were made by college and school…

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) provides an example of the kind of growth and differentiation that should characterize schools of education. Since 1920, HGSE has undergone a series of metamorphoses and has undertaken new and crucial commitments. The school has emerged from the turbulent 1970s with a more diverse student body, a…

Testing the assumption that textbooks were getting harder while students' abilities have been declining over the years, a study was conducted to determine the readability levels of six college reading textbooks across three editions to see if they were equal or the same in readability. The study also sought to determine whether these texts were…

This paper describes the sequence of field experiences from the freshman level through graduate experiences in the teacher program at North Texas State University. Four specific areas of the program are outlined: (1) prestudent teaching experiences in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education; (2) undergraduate field experiences…

THIS IS A REPORT OF A WORKSHOP FOR 114 SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL LEADERS WHICH AIMED AT (1) INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEMS FACED BY TEACHERS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, (2) GENERATING IDEAS FOR MODEL PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR SUCH TEACHERS, AND (3) HAVING WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS DESIGN SUCH PROGRAMS. THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE BASIC…

THIS ANNUAL REPORT (1) REVIEWS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE SUPPLY OF BEGINNING TEACHERS, (2) ESTIMATES THE DEMAND FOR THESE TEACHERS, (3) IDENTIFIES THE TYPES OF TEACHING SPECIALITIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY EITHER OVER- OR UNDER-SUPPLIED, (4) IDENTIFIES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ASSIGNMENTS BEING GIVEN TO NEW TEACHERS AND ANALYZES THEIR POSSIBLE…

In September 1978, the Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development convened a meeting to consider ways of promoting continuing education of teacher educators for innovative teacher education. This meeting prepared guidelines and country plans for the organization of National Advanced-Level Workshops involving member nations: Thailand,…

The Maine Mastery Learning Consortium, composed of sixteen school districts, was formed because it was learned that the money and time spent in staff development without follow-up rarely resulted in significant classroom change or successful classroom implementation. This document reports on the first three months of a project designed to provide…

A national survey was conducted to gather data on selected policies of publicly supported and private master's degree granting institutions enrolling fewer than 10,000 students. A review of recent literature is presented, focusing on the policy areas surveyed: full-time residency requirements; time limits for the completion of degree requirements;…

The school is presently the primary social institution directed by the community to assume a major role in taking steps to improve the Mexican American's status. The school has 3 possible avenues for action in correcting low school and societal achievement: (1) change the child, (2) change the school, or (3) change the social systems.…