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Collins, Norma, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on reading programs for gifted readers is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Creative Activities, Critical Reading
Simic, Marge, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on the role of vocabulary in reading and learning is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Simic, Marge, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on classroom drama as an instructional tool is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Distance Education, Dramatic Play
Download full textFerrara, Judith M. – 1990
This bibliographic essay and research review investigates four areas: (1) the characteristics of elementary writing instruction prior to the 80s; (2) the factors which changed writing instruction in the 80s; (3) the characteristics of elementary writing instruction in the 80s: and (4) the place of elementary and pre/in-service textbooks in the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Smith, Douglas C. – 1983
This book reviews both preservice and inservice teacher education in the Republic of China and provides detailed analyses. In the first chapter, an overview of the educational system's structure in modern Taiwan and the United States is presented and comparisons drawn. Features of Chinese educational and intellectual thought and philosophy are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Chinese Culture, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
Laughter, Mabel Y. – 1980
In implementing a districtwide reading project emphasizing staff development for middle school level teachers, the Moore County, North Carolina district conducted a study to determine whether middle school children could exceed their prior reading growth rates over a three-year period. Students from grades four through eight were pretested in the…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Faculty Development, Individualized Instruction
Blaisdell, Betty Jefferson – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet provides a framework for successful inservice education in communication skills. The first section addresses the question of why teachers need inservice in oral and written communication by pointing to the lack of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Dock, A. W. – 1983
The Zimbabwe Secondary School Science Project (ZIM-SCI) was started in 1981 with the aim of developing a low-cost science course which could be taught during the first 2 years of secondary school without the aid of qualified teachers and conventional laboratories. Project activities included developing student study guides, corresponding teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developing Nations, Educational Objectives
Hamilton, James B.; Wonacott, Michael E. – 1984
An overall strategy is reported for updating secondary and postsecondary vocational/technical teachers in the technologies of their teaching areas. It is designed for use by vocational educators and others who provide technological update: local school, institution, and district administrators and boards; teacher educators; vocational/technical…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Skills, Models
Mahler, Sophia; Benor, Dan E. – 1983
A study measured both short- and long-term effects of an educational workshop designed for teachers in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion, Israel. Participants were 60 volunteer faculty members who were randomly assigned to one of eight multidisciplinary groups for the 4-day workshop, which aimed at improving teachers' instructional…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Bluestein, Jane – 1982
An exchange program between the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) provided 12 interns to the APS in exchange for 7 outstanding classroom teachers to serve as clinical supervisors in the undergraduate program at UNM for a period of one academic year. The interns worked with the joint support and supervision of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Graves, Norman J., Ed. – 1984
Containing papers presented at a multinational conference, this document examines the development of computer assisted learning (CAL) in geography, and describes program and curriculum development, teacher education, and experiences and problems of countries using CAL. Specific papers include: "Computer Assisted Learning in Geographical Education…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Capper, Carole; Bagenstos, Naida Tushnet – 1987
To evaluate the approach to improving instruction espoused by the National Writing Project (NWP), this research report examines the assumptions, practices, and impacts of the NWP program to train teachers to teach writing. Following a brief description of the NWP model and its underlying assumptions, the report compares the goals, strategies, and…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Teacher Education
Brown, Iva D.; And Others – 1986
This manual was designed for use in conducting staff development sessions for elementary school teachers of science in Mississippi in grades K-6. Included in the document are activities that were intended to model, where possible, exemplary teaching practices based upon research related to the cognitive development of children. Ten topics are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Inservice Teacher Education
Thomas, Constance D.; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted to identify areas of teacher and program needs in the state of Tennessee in order to plan for the future. Five secondary school systems were selected from each of the seven developmental districts in the state, for a total sample of 35 representative systems. From these 35 systems, 419 (of 587) vocational personnel completed…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
