VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE MARKING PRACTICES OF 39 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM TWO SCHOOLS IN METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WERE STUDIED. SPECIAL MARKING EXERCISES CONTAINING STANDARD DATA ON HYPOTHETICAL STUDENTS WERE USED TO STUDY THE MARKING PRACTICES OF TEACHERS UNDER MORE UNIFORM CONDITIONS THAN EXIST IN THE CLASSROOM. A…

The handbook provides suggestions and guidelines to assist local education agency personnel in planning and implementing inservice education programs for the teacher of the gifted and talented. Information is presented on the following topics: the need for inservice education; twelve guiding principles for inservice education (including use of a…

The establishment and governance of teacher centers, their function and potential, is discussed from both positive and negative viewpoints. (JD)

The kinds of in-service programs offered, the lack of follow-up activities, scheduling problems, and the lack of incentives for participation in staff development activities are obstacles that can be overcome by better planning and organization. When these obstacles are overcome, teacher attitudes will improve. (Author/IRT)

Teacher centers in Britain, developed in the early 1960s, direct course emphasis toward immediate applicability to teaching situations or to theory within a practical framework. Ideally, the classroom teacher is to serve as the primary resource person but, in practice, courses tend to be led by "specialists." (MJB)

A parent of a handicapped child points out problem areas in inservice teacher education, including neglect of the children's emotional involvement in programing and lack of parental participation in inservice sessions. (CL)

Eight curricular considerations are put forth relevant to teacher renewal strategies. (MM)

Suggestions are offered for overcoming the financial problems of providing staff renewal. (MM)

Describes several activities which might be used in inservice courses to help language arts teachers experience the process of writing. (DD)

Reviews ERIC documents on ways of improving preservice and inservice education of reading and language arts teachers. (DD)

Evaluated with 25 regular classes was the effectiveness of three curriculum teaching processes of developing creativity based on J. Gowan's rational-psychedelic continuum. (BB)

Looks at the future prospects for teachers' centers. (Editor)

Discusses a survey designed to determine the extent and nature of graduate courses in classroom communication available to elementary and secondary teachers. (MH)

The relative merits of four special education inservice approaches--instructional packets, master teachers, university personnel, and university campuses--in remote areas were investigated. Results showed that all four approaches produced significant gains in knowledge acquisition and perceived competence, with several groups also evidencing…