This paper reviews the methodology of recent research (1979-84) on staff development and inservice teacher education in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. A research agenda for the future is suggested. (Author/MT)

The Pembroke Central School District, a three-school K-12 district in Corfu, New York, used federal grants to adapt the Cupertino Concept to provide both a computer literacy curriculum for students beginning in the primary grades and an inservice program in computer use for teachers and staff members. (PGD)

Two studies were conducted to assess the effects of teacher training in analogical reasoning on students' performance of analogy tasks. Participants were 25 fourth-grade teachers and their students, and 23 three to eight year old children in special summer enrichment classes. Results and implications for educational practice are discussed.…

Teachers at a Calgery, Alberta, high school are pooling their talents and expertise within peer support groups to aid one another's professional growth. Evaluation of the program's pilot year indicated enthusiasm for collegial support groups. (MLF)

The Northeast Consortium, consisting of representatives of 25 school districts in northeast Massachusetts, was established to improve staff development by providing multi-district graduate-credit programs. Faculty from the University of Massachusetts program in Critical and Creative Thinking taught a course on teaching thinking. Outcomes are…

Using data about teachers' selections of different inservice programs and activities, five career patterns were identified: radical intellectual, staff developer, administrator, educationist, and collaborator. Implications for development of effective inservice programs are discussed. (JD)

The Emporia State University induction program for first year teachers is described. The format of the program, topics addressed, and program evaluation are discussed. (MT)

The Educational Testing Service, supported by International Business Machines (IBM), has trained secondary school teachers to demonstrate how microcomputers can aid in preparing students for today's technological world. Various aspects of these programs are described. Lists of teacher training institutes and related network schools in California,…

The author questions the relevance of pedagogy as practiced in teacher education and argues that teacher preparation should be centered in the academic departments of colleges and universities. (MT)

The formal structures which have been established to support the process of educational change in Italy are explained. A series of laws passed since 1973 created a new model of school and gave teachers a right and duty to inservice training. The Regional Institutes for Educational Research, Experimentation and In-Service Training are described in…

Recounts one teacher's experiences during the week before the beginning of school and expresses concern over the large amount of time allotted for meetings and the smaller amount allotted for preparation and planning of instructional materials and activities. (SRT)

Two teachers describe their efforts to promote positive attitudes toward deaf and hearing impaired students through inservice training based on surveys of hearing students in kindergarten, grades one through five, and hearing teachers. (CL)

Considers the change in attitude about teaching keyboarding in the elementary school and outlines objectives for an inservice workshop to train elementary school teachers to teach keyboarding for computer literacy. (SK)

Research on effective classrooms found that outstanding teachers had all been through an evolutionary process of growth, for which they needed time to participate in workshops, visits to other classrooms, and other professional development activities. The evolutionary process must be supported, and a series of workshops that help do so are…

The paper surveys the planning necessary for effective inservice education for early childhood special education staff. A definition is offered, followed by an outline of general assumptions and guidelines. Next, a planning approach consisting of four interrelated phases is described: support and start-up, initial planning, program design, and…