This is a report on the curriculum research and teacher education program development project conducted at Stout State University and supported initially by Ford Foundation funds and a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (GB)

Indications point to an increasing professionalism of business teachers at all levels in the 1970's. Videotaping techniques, microteaching, newer developments in student-teaching approach (including internship) are providing opportunity for teachers to become sophisticated analysts of teaching-learning behaviors. (Author)

Reviews three surveys dealing with preparation of instructors, offers some explanations of the present conditions, provides some suggestions for interinstitutional and intraprofessional cooperation, and appeals to instructors to increase their professional competence. (Author/DB)

Presents a method for increasing the effectiveness of reading programs and extending reading instruction by teaching content area teachers in the school system. Bibliography. (RW)

Paper presented at 7th Annual Conference on English Education (Syracuse, N. Y., March 28, 1969).

Indicates that teachers who possessed theoretical and situational knowledge of reading were not more accurate than other teachers in estimating the readability levels of selected passages, and that the accuracy with which teachers estimated the readability levels of passages decreased as the readability levels of the passages increased. (FL)

An inservice program entitled The Team Approach to Educational Decision-Making: Inservice for Multidisciplinary Teams is described. It provides instruction in team theory, communication skills, and problem-solving techniques to create more active and effective team participation in the Individual Education Program decision-making processes to meet…

The amount of time New Jersey school psychologists spend performing various professional role functions is reviewed in an attempt to quantitatively identify any developmental trends in the role functioning of school psychologists. (Author/PN)

Teacher aides have made a major contribution to educationally disadvantaged children in Tennessee. Title I directors recommend that: (1) the teacher aide program should be continued; (2) inservice training programs for teachers and aides should be coordinated; and (3) additional study on qualification and educational preparation of aides is…

Analyzes the impact of a computerized information system on selected users in eight human service agencies indicating that the Guidance Information System assists users in determining educational-occupational plans, increasing occupational knowledge, and making career plans. Suggests counselors desiring to use computer information systems will…

Reports results of applied research with the Resident Assistant Stress Inventory. Concluded that sex, personality, job performance, experience, stress management training, and housing characteristics affect perceived anxiety among resident assistants. Suggests additional research is needed for planning inservice education programs. (JAC)

Discusses a cooperative effort of college instructors to aid elementary and high school teachers in teaching about Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Fifteen sessions focus on history, racial diversity, politics, family relations, modernization, and social movements in these countries. (KC)

Project INSPIRE (Indiana Special Population Institutes for Recreation Educators), assisted by a team of 61 experts, identified 16 minimum competencies necessary for entry-level professionals in the field of recreation to serve special populations in community recreation. (JN)