The planning, production, validation, and revision of learning materials designed for use in institutes for science supervisors is described in this first of five volumes. Four sets of packages, ("Role of the Science Supervisor,""Introduction to Educational Technology,""An Application of Educational Technology," and "Management Kits,") each using…

This annotated bibliography consists of a compilation of abstracts from document resumes in Research in Education and provides up-to-date materials for use in the NAESP/NASSP Right to Read: Administrator Leadership Clinics. These clinics are designed to improve the skills of elementary and secondary school principals as instructional leaders.…

This paper discusses the discrepancy between the realities of required inservice teacher performances and the operational outcomes of teacher certification as it is now practiced, and suggests a strategy for establishing a system for evaluating teacher competencies and basing certification policies on that system. Data from a comprehensive…

This paper examines the perceptions of state agency vocational rehabilitation counselors and supervisors in regard to the values they attach to present inservice education programs and to supervision. Subjects were 282 rehabilitation counselors and 64 supervisors employed in state and federal vocational rehabilitation programs in Iowa, Illinois,…

This document contains a report of the University of California, Irvine, and Golden West College Cooperative Science Improvement Project (UCI/GWC Project) which was designed to address two major problems: (1) the difficulty faced by community college biology teachers in keeping pace with developments in their field and (2) the problem of conveying…

This document presents the results of a program-evaluation questionnaire given to elementary-school teachers in the State College Area School District, Pennsylvania. These teachers participated in an environmental education program under the auspices of an ESEA Title III Grant. The objectives of the program were to provide in-service activities in…

Presented is a summary of the current state of science teacher education based on questionnaire responses gathered in 1972 from American and Canadian colleges and universities. The document consists of four sections. The first three sections are concerned with programs and courses offered for K-12, elementary, and secondary school teachers. A…

This pamphlet reports a study that examined the factors affecting administrator supply and demand in Minnesota. The report (1) provides data on the age, sex, tenure in present position, level of preparation, and administrative certification for persons holding administrative positions; (2) attempts to identify the "ready reserve" --…

Recent research has proven that teachers' attitudes can be directly related to a child's success or failure in school and that teacher training institutions have resisted providing experiences with disadvantaged minority students. This study was designed to test the following hypotheses: (1) the Title IV in-service training program will have no…

Analyzed in this study was whether changes in teaching style, in a direction in keeping with the rationale of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS), would occur as a result of an inservice training and implementation program. Instruments used in the study included the Test on Understanding Science (TOUS) and the Scientific Attitude…

The State University of New York College of Cortland received the 1973 Distinguished Achievement Award for its Project Change, a performance-based early childhood teacher education program. Also cited for distinguished achievement were a) Teachers College of Ball State University, Indiana for an experimental program designed to include…

This document suggests several things: a process for developing an inservice education program; suggested definition, philosophy, and objectives of inservice education; guidelines to assist in developing and maintaining an effective inservice education program; and a four-step job instructor training method which involves consecutively preparing…

Studied were attitudes of 54 fourth and fifth-grade teachers from 21 New York and Pennsylvania pilot schools prior to an initial summer workshop on Science-A Process Approach (AAAS) prior to installation of the AAAS during the 1969-70 school year. A questionnaire was mailed to each teacher. Data and conclusions were reported with regard to…

This report, prepared for the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), is one of six concerned with the public service training and education needs of the New England states. Section I discusses the background and tradition of public service training in Connecticut. Section II deals with in-service training programs provided by state and…

The guide for teachers of handicapped children offers a system of corrective teaching to bring children not being effectively taught up to the level of the normal programing range. It is recommended that the following basic principles of instruction be applied to maximize pupil progress: readiness, motivation, active learner participation,…