This issue of the Occasional Papers Series aims to draw attention to the use of storytelling as a medium for provoking dialogue about inclusive classrooms and school communities. It offers readers stories of classroom life that provide insights into understanding the complexities that make up the lives of children with disabilities, their…

A description of Teachers' Centers in England; their characteristics, recent growth and development, objectives, in-service training and curriculum development activities, and an assessment of their strengths, weaknesses, and likely future. (EH)

A 2-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE INSERVICE TEACHERS WITH CURRENT INFORMATION ON THE PRACTICES AND CONCEPTS OF INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTATION WAS CONDUCTED AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. THE CURRICULUM WAS FOCUSED ON POST-HIGH SCHOOL, 2-YEAR INSTITUTIONAL NEEDS, WITH ADAPTATIONS DRAWN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. A LEARNING EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATING…

This report deals with the issue of inservice teacher education and discusses in detail several new ventures and projects located in the Des Moines geographic area. The report reflects the views of several individuals--representatives from the Iowa State Education Association, Des Moines Public School System, Polk County Board of Education, and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of inservice education on the perceptions of teachers in the Clark County School District (Las Vegas, Nevada) toward diagnostic-prescriptive reading instruction. A special instrument was desgned for the purpose of assessing teachers' perceptions toward nine processes determined to be critical…

The objectives of this program were: (a) to allow classroom teachers to spend some time in a position in the Austin College Education Department, and (b) to involve teacher education faculty in public schools. Although generalizations concerning this program's contributions to the improvement of teacher education are difficult to assess, some…

This monograph is concerned with the problems faced by junior colleges in serving a diverse student population and in employing a diverse faculty. In regard to these problems, suggestions made by several professionals in the junior college field for in-service faculty improvement are presented. In reviewing their suggestions for faculty…

This volume is one of four sets of materials produced for training science supervisors in educational technology. Participants design an inservice institute useful to their future work, analyze and revise a hypothetical plan for an inservice institute, and review and revise their own plans. Guidelines for institutes are provided. Supervisors are…

This paper presents a proposed strategy for developing and utilizing a needs assessment strategy based on Competency Based Teacher Education. The three steps in the strategy are the identification of teaching skills needed in a particular situation, the development of a procedure for determining teacher needs in relation to the identified teaching…

This monograph reflects some of the current thinking about inservice teacher education, with a particular focus on the role of inservice education in improving reading instruction. Chapter one, an introduction to inservice education, attempts to deal with the problems involved in implementing inservice programs as well as to establish the need for…

This paper describes the planning and implementation of a Staff Development Program for teachers and administrators in the 22 school systems served by MEC (Merrimack Education Center). This program, which provided in-service learning experiences for educational practitioners, is discussed following an introductory statement. Information concerning…

This project provides in-service training to vocational educators and related personnel in order to equip them with competencies required to develop and direct more adequate and relevant programs of vocational education for people in rural areas. The project provided in-service training for 452 participants from 49 states and the District of…

FACTORS RELATED TO RESISTANCE TO INNOVATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE CURRICULUM WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF AN INSERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAM. THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF 290 ELEMENTARY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WITH VARIED MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE BACKGROUNDS, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, AND TEACHING OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS.…

As part of the Inservice Teacher Education (ISTE) Concepts Study, more than 2,000 books, periodicals, and unpublished papers written after 1957 were consulted and reviewed. The purpose of the review was the identification of the data needs and major issues in inservice education. The literature was identified, read, and categorized; and…