This is one of a series of 20 booklets designed for participants in an in-service course for teachers of elementary mathematics. The course, developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project, is designed to be conducted by local school personnel. In addition to these booklets, a course package includes films showing mathematics being…

This is one of a series of 20 booklets designed for participants in an in-service course for teachers of elementary mathematics. The course, developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project, is designed to be conducted by local school personnel. In addition to these booklets, a course package includes films showing mathematics being…

Presented is the workshop leader's resource guide for Star Power Modules 1-10, a series of modules developed for school personnel who have an interest in or a need to explore the area of gifted and talented education. The 10 program modules include the following: characteristics of the gifted/talented, needs of the gifted/talented, application of…

One of a set of seven instructional materials designed for competency-based vocational education administrator education, this module is intended to assist the learner in developing or reacquiring the necessary skills to administer a quality staff development program. Emphasis is placed on four skills related to meeting teachers' inservice needs:…

The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of an inservice staff development program in promoting change in patterns of teacher-child interaction. The program used (1) the combined techniques of systematic analysis of teaching behavior with the Behavior Ratings and Analysis of Communication in Education (BRACE) observation system, (2)…

This report addresses the issue of inservice training of teachers in Japan. Part One is a formal overview of the policy and activities of the Minister of Education regarding inservice education and training of teachers (INSET). It discusses the concept of inservice education and training, states specific examples--the National Training Course for…

This report discusses innovation in inservice education and training of teachers (INSET) in France. The first section deals with INSET in relationship to the French educational system, research institutes on the teaching of mathematics, and teacher training assignments in business and industrial firms. Section two presents four case studies. The…

This paper reports on the progress through February 1975 of the Human Sciences Implementation Project of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). The project's objectives are to disseminate information about the BSCS Human Science Program (HSP) curriculum and to train the staffs of regional centers in the philosophy, rationale, and…

The potential use of computers to enhance individualized instruction in schools is too often neglected in both preservice and inservice teacher education. This report describes some materials developed and used to introduce teachers to computer applications in support of classroom teaching. The materials include some interactive computer-based…

At present, community college in-service professional development programs are not top quality. Little, if any, budgetary support is allocated for them, and responsibility for planning and carrying them out is allocated to no one in particular. The few on-site in-service professional development programs now in operation exhibit common elements…

This document presents the case study of a training program for elementary science teachers to determine if certain teacher training techniques would influence the onset and the quality of the implementation, and ensure the survival over time of an elementary science curriculum innovation. Teachers instructed in the curriculum innovation were…

When faced with the task of creating discipline in a junior high school where he was made principal, the author isolated the students and faculty who were involved in the most discipline referrals. He created a program that grouped the students with the most referrals with the teachers who made the most referrals in an interdisciplinary cluster.…

This paper tries to probe the influence of the organizational culture on language classroom at a newly-established local college. It firstly reviews the knowledge of the organizational culture and finds out its features, and then discusses how the organizational culture was greatly influenced by the host educational environment. On the basis of…

This dissertation presents a conceptual framework to illuminate the conditions that enable professional development (PD) resources to get used by teachers and schools. A theory of instructional resourcing is proposed that extends Feldman's (2004) work on resourcing by situating resource use in a specific context. Four interactive context…

Recent research has suggested that the professional development general educators receive is not adequately preparing them to properly implement inclusion-based practices. In this study, data from the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education was used to investigate the relationship among teachers' years of experience teaching students with…