Describes the direct entry and pre-entry procedures for undertaking a journalism career in England. Lists examples of types of programs that the British use. (RL)

Considers what elements to include in the schedule, script, and handouts of a business communication training program. (RL)

Describes a method designed to aid dental school faculty in examining and changing their teaching through videotaped feedback. Four situations using video feedback are presented: small group interaction, role-play simulations, classroom teaching, and workshops. Advantages of using video playback and examples of its use are given. (RAO)

Proposes in-service training on the utilization of ancillary personnel (special education teacher, school nurse, hearing and speech clinician, guidance counselor) in assisting the social studies teacher with the mainstreamed student. Outlines how ancillary personnel may aid in preparing students for entrance into the regular classroom, developing…

Describes a three-day program aimed at public school educators and community leaders. The goal was to encourage these people to include air age education in their programs. Activities included hands-on projects. (MA)

Identifies both, the priority perceived needs common to all science teachers, and the relationships between those needs and selected teacher variables. (GA)

Describes in-service training in behavior modification techniques taught by a Caucasian social worker to Filipino immigrants operating boarding and care homes for ex-mental patients. Techniques used increase the psychosocial functioning of residents in these homes. (Author)

The need for improvement of faculty in schools of education to meet the growing demand for closer involvement between colleges and practicing teachers is discussed in a question and answer interview with the director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education. (JD)

How do you help headteachers/principals keep in touch with educational practice in schools other than their own? Describes an unusual in-service course for primary administrators. (Editor/RK)

Investigates the effects of combined learning cues (pretest and behavioral objectives) on the achievement levels of teachers in an inservice course. Subjects receiving the combined learning cues did not achieve at a significantly higher level than did those who did not receive the combined learning cues. (CP)

Discusses the application of the principles of andragogy, a learning system for educating adults, to the inservice training of child welfare workers, and briefly describes the seven-step model as outlined by Ingalls. (BR)

Describing an in-service training program designed for a predominantly rural area of Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, this article emphasizes the importance of strengthening linkages between social service practitioners in direct contact with older persons and the mental health agencies in the area. (JC)

Describes a model program developed at Emory University for training Resident Clinical Supervisors, master teachers who teach part-time while providing clinical supervision of other teachers in their school. (JG)

The Extern Program is designed to provide inservice education through didactic, experiential learning activities implemented on a one weekend per month schedule for nine months. The weekend training involves new developments in the field of counseling, problem solving, and new developments in the behavioral sciences. (Author)

Argues that only through comprehensive personnel development can school systems meet the requirements of PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Discusses some implications of the act for inservice education. (Author/JG)