Presents the results of interviews with elementary teachers conducted to determine the relative importance of barriers in public schools. Indicates that lack of time, conceptual barriers, attitudinal barriers, and logistical barriers were all important. Makes recommendations for reducing these barriers and for future research. (CW)

Three years of experience with summer workshops led the authors to summarize the development of an effective program and to conclude that this approach to teacher training carries the seeds of long-term success for inservice education as well as for need curricular implementation. (JB)

The effects of a five-day science workshop on the attitudes of elementary school teachers towards science and teaching science were assessed. The study adds evidence to a growing body of knowledge supporting the notion that attitudes can be changed over short periods of time. (MP)

Describes a workshop designed as a mutual training experience for parents and teachers. Goals were: to provide an opportunity for positive interaction and a perception of shared goals between Black parents and their children's teachers. Participants developed a set of action plans to meet the needs of Black children and evaluated the workshop.…

Offers guidance for selecting the right summer course or workshop to help music teachers develop new skills and renew energy and creativity. Explains the difference between courses and workshops. Presents an overview of the types of programs offered by universities, state and professional organizations, and publishers or manufacturers. (LS)

Summer programs and workshops for high school students at Simon's Rock College of Bard (Massachusetts) are discussed, with descriptions of the Writing and Thinking Workshop and the Foreign Language Institute and commentary from participating students and faculty. Opportunities for educational enhancement and student life around the campus are also…

The passage of Public Law 94-142 (the Education of All Handicapped Children Act) in 1975 established the rights of children with disabilities to a public school education in the least restrictive environment. Fifteen years later, it was amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (PL 101-476, 1990), still intended to…

The 2011 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a joint conference with the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association, focused on trends, innovations, and national programs that are picking up steam as the first decade of the twenty-first century ends. Several innovations have the potential to unify world language…

The purpose of this study was to assess three methods of delivering in-service professional development regarding constructivist curriculum for early childhood educators. Educators in 44 not-for-profit child care centres in three Canadian cities were studied; 94 educators with formal preservice training participated. The three methods were (a) a…

This article illustrates the story of a primary school in South Auckland, New Zealand, considering the state of well-being of its pupils. Situated in a deprived area with many people living in poverty, parts of the community caught in inter-gang rivalry, some children consider the school environment to be a safer place to be. Elements of the early…

This article addresses the interface between environmental and humane education, as a theoretical and practical emerging field in Brazil. We begin by presenting conceptual similarities that, in our view, underpin and justify the need for a growing connection between the two fields of research and educational practice. We then describe an…

School systems often implement character education initiatives in reaction to a violent event. Following the school shootings that occurred in the 1990s, many school systems started to implement character education and violence prevention programs. Unfortunately, because the efforts were reactive, little thought was given to sustainability…

Eighty elected leaders and 388 followers were sampled to test the relationships between leaders' emotional intelligence and the quality of leader-member exchange. Results of the field study found a significant relationship between leaders' emotional intelligence (total) and leader-member exchange quality. Specific subscales of emotional…