This study investigated characteristics of five IMO winners and influences from their formal and informal educational experiences. In particular, this study provides in-depth understanding of former Korean IMO winners' characteristics and environmental influences. Also, implications including education for parents of the gifted, professional…

This document presents notes on the thoughts, wishes, problems, and ideas that came from two and a half days of discussion by leaders of twenty teachers' centers. The notes are divided into four sections, corresponding to the topics addressed: teachers' study groups, the role of the advisor, community involvement, and evaluation. In the first…

The document reports on six minigrant projects designed to promote cross training and dialogue among New York State professionals concerned with the education of handicapped individuals. Sections on each project contain a project abstract and/or project objectives, a description of project activities and a list of products developed during the…

A survey was taken to elicit participants' perceptions of the quality of inservice courses in Pennsylvania. The 610 respondents represented a wide variety of school districts and inservice programs and were made up primarily of teachers, although nurses and administrators responded as well. The responses indicated very strongly that inservice…

This guide provides an outline of topics to be considered in designing a collaborative inservice teacher education (ISTE) program. The main headings are as follows: (1) the significance of collaboration as a process for ISTE; (2) how collaboration works; (3) designs for focus on teacher development or school improvement; (4) collaborative…

This collection of papers illustrates processes for assessing needs and determining goals in inservice programs and includes the following titles: Inservice Needs Assessment; Field Based Clinical Inservice Education; Inservice Education Clinic--Translating Needs into Goals and Objectives; Multiple Source Assessment Model--A Process for…

THIS SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF THE NEED FOR AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS OF INSERVICE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS. STRONG EMPHASIS IS LAID ON THE NEED FOR IMPROVING THE STATUS OF THOSE TEACHERS WHO LACK FULL CERTIFICATION, AS WELL AS ON PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FOR ALL TEACHERS. THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS OF EXISTING…

AN INSERVICE TRAINING COURSE IN AUDIOVISUAL METHODS ATTEMPTED TO (1) MEET THE NEEDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF GRADES 2 THROUGH 8, (2) IMPROVE BOTH TEACHER ATTITUDES TOWARD AUDIOVISUAL TECHNIQUES AND TEACHER USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, AND (3) USE THE LATEST AND MOST EFFICIENT TEACHING PRACTICES IN PRESENTATIONS TO TEACHERS. TELEVISION WAS…

Designed as a 2-day staff development workshop on the individualized education program (IEP), the inservice training package presents an activity-based format on a team approach to the IEP. Facilitator notes, information on materials, sample handouts, transparencies, and evaluation forms are presented for seven units: introduction to the workshop;…

The document presents Module 6, underachievers among the gifted/talented, of the Star Power modules developed for school personnel who have an interest in or a need to explore the area of gifted and talented education. It is explained in an introductory section that the modules can be used for independent study, for small group interaction, or for…

Intended for faculties, classes, student organizations, and other groups interested in the handicapped, the training package is designed to provide a workshop on the major provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and to provide opportunities to discuss the law's implications within participants' academic programs.…

IN COOPERATION WITH THE CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, THE PORTLAND OREGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM FOR IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. OBJECTIVES WERE TO WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES IN PREPARING IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF ALL SUBJECTS AND GRADE LEVELS, TO TRAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AS IN-SERVICE EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS, AND TO FIND METHODS…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains summaries of documents and journal articles on staff development, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of this topic, such as individualized inservice training;…

A four-step method that can be utilized to make inservice education programs more responsive to the interests and needs of teachers and other educational personnel is presented. The first step involves assessing teachers' attitudes and changes in attitudes toward inservice as measured by responses to 34 statements in an inventory. A copy of the…

This book is a collection of articles which discusses and describes teacher centers in the United States and England. The articles are grouped into ten chapters, each with an introduction by the editor. The first chapter discusses the rationale for the development of teacher centers. The second chapter gives an overview of teacher centers in the…