This experiment was designed to determine the relative effectiveness of different types of visual illustrations used to complement instruction presented in in-service training. (Authors/JA)

The final report describes the 3-year project CRITERIA (Chesterfield/Richmond Inservice Teacher Education for Regular Instructional Areas) designed to provide inservice training to regular elementary teachers dealing with mildly handicapped students in the mainstream. Goals and objectives for each of the 3 years are listed, along with…

The paper provides guidelines on inservice educational needs of regular education teachers in the area of identifying and referring handicapped children. Educators need to look at solutions for the hard-to-teach child other than referral to special education, such as using specialists to assist regular teachers, clarifying the roles of regular and…

A study sought to develop a measure to assess educational self-direction of teachers in continuing education. A questionnaire with three dimensions of educational self-direction--closeness of supervision, routinization, and substantive complexity of work--was administered to supervisors, teachers, teacher aides, parent coordinators, social…

This dissertation describes the development of an inservice teacher training model geared to teaching specific methods and techniques for working with the educationally handicapped. The document presents, in its review of the literature, an analysis of educational trends in the West Indies, and then pays specific attention to the development of…

DURING 1959-60 SCHOOL YEAR, TEACHER-TRAINING CONSULTANTS IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY WERE UTILIZED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL ORIENTATION AND INSERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE HELP FOR NEWLY APPOINTED TEACHERS IN SELECTED SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS. EACH OF THE 17 CONSULTANTS WORKED IN A…

A need exists for inservice programs for teachers of the disadvantaged which will develop in these teachers attitudes conducive to improving their relationships with inner city children. To fulfull this objective, a three-week summer institute was planned for 40 teachers and 10 administrators in 1966 (group one) and 40 teachers in 1967 (group two)…

SPECIAL MEDIA INSTITUTES HAVE FUNCTIONED IN THE YEARS 1965-6 AND 1966-7 TO BRING KNOWLEDGE OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA USE IN SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREAS TO TITLE XI NDEA INSTITUTE DIRECTORS, AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEACHERS, SCHOLARS, AND STUDENTS. SPECIAL MEDIA INSTITUTES HAVE BEEN HELD AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, THE…

The inservice education of teachers in Queensland, Australia, is the primary focus of this paper. Policies and the influences on their development are examined before the extent of present inservice practices are summarized and attention is given to the problems of implementing inservice teacher training. (IRT)

This 20-minute cassette tape on microteaching is one of a series designed to inspire inspire inservice school personnel and provide them with basic information about school innovation. Allen describes microteaching as a scaled-down and constructed, yet real, teaching situation in which teachers can sharpen skills (like the use of reinforcement),…

This latest in a series of studies (of conditions which support creative problemsolving activity of gifted children) attempted to assess the immediate impact of an inservice training program to promote inductive and nondirective teaching behaviors. Subjects were 160 teachers (124 who participated in the training program and 36 constituting a…

Since many states are currently revising their teacher certification regulations, at least five major issues are raised: (1) evaluation of competencies, (2) differentiated staff, (3) tenure, (4) merit pay, and (5) the related problems of certification levels, obsolescence of skills, renewal certificates, and hence, inservice education. An…

This concluding volume of a five-volume project consists of a case study which is designed to elicit from the teacher a performance based on the experience gained (from the previous volumes) in writing prescriptions. The teacher is furnished with data on a student designated John which include a placement profile, placement test, unit record test,…

Inservice education for Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers is a relatively new development, and the teachers need to understand the students' motivation in taking the courses. A brief review of the literature shows that the majority of students attended classes for reasons other than course content. Data gathered in Georgia to examine the…