Briefly describes a model of inservice teacher training that emphasizes the importance of coaching support for teachers who are implementing new teaching skills in their classrooms. (Author/RH)

Discusses the need for vocational educators to keep up with developments in their field. Details updating practices at provincial and territorial levels. (JOW)

The authors describe their experiences and give suggestions for training inservice special education teachers to use the Visual Response System (VRS), a specially designed classroom in which each student responds to every question or problem by means of overhead projectors and headphone-microphone sets. (CL)

Examines the influences forcing change in inservice teacher education in Europe, examines some innovations being made, and looks at the forms inservice education may take in the future. (IRT)

The author recounts her experiences in serving as a resource person setting up a mainstreamed program for a seventh-grade girl with multiple disabilities. The need for inservice training so that all personnel involved are aware of the circumstances of the disabled student is stressed. (PHR)

Materials in the ERIC system on teacher inservice education and workshop activities are surveyed. (HTH)

A curriculum coordinator describes the benefits of his experiences during four weeks in the Exeter Writing Project in New Hampshire. (MLF)

Describes a one-day workshop that prepares practicing teachers for designing and directing their own personal and professional development using experiences and resources on the job. (Author/MLF)

Teacher participation in dental workshops significantly affects the personal hygiene and dental knowledge of elementary school students. (JD)

Describes the Education for Aesthetic Awareness project in greater Cleveland that builds confidence and "aesthetic literacy" among classroom teachers and art specialists. (IRT)

Opening activities at meetings should provide opportunities for people to get acquainted. Some examples are provided. (Author/MLF)

An inservice training program encouraging the use of audiovisual instruction by special education teachers is described through two case study examples.

Summarizes the findings and recommendations of a survey of teacher attitudes about inservice education. (IRT)

Public schools are spending millions on educational technology, but they are shortchanging the teachers and students who will use it. That is the unanimous conclusion of expert observers who have said for years that school leaders tend to buy technology before considering how to train teachers to use it effectively. (JOW)