The booklet contains suggestions for planning and conducting an effective inservice teacher-training workshop for special or regular classroom teachers. Considered are ways to communicate with teachers; set objectives; promote active participation, discussion, variety, and respect for participants; organize; provide models and clear directions;…

Project objective for the second year of the Computer Based Project for the Evaluation of Media for the Handicapped was development of a functional system for evaluation. The evaluation system was intended to be neutral to both type of material being evaluated and population of handicapped children. Development of the functional system for…

This package of materials gives a complete description of the inservice teacher education program developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project for training in the use of their elementary school mathematics materials. The inservice program can be administered at institutes under the direction of elementary teaching personnel with a…

Sample course materials for the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project Teacher Institute are presented. The package includes the first five written lessons of the course and samples of supporting materials supplied with each lesson. The supporting materials pertain to one week's work: a summary of the problems in a film shown at the class…

This is a report of three conferences concerned with teacher centres in England and Wales. It concentrates on the major points of agreement and disagreement among the participants concerning teacher centres. The major points of agreement were: that the main concern of the centres was with development work that was local, that the centres existed…

As an outcome of a pilot in-service training course in newer approaches to English-language teaching, an EPDA Basic Studies Project for in-service training in elementary language arts was begun in Baltimore County Schools. The people who were involved in a cooperative effort included college consultants, administrators, staff supervisors and…

This model inservice program is designed for teachers who wish to expand their skills and knowledge about the phenomenon of prejudice and its effects upon people. The objectives are 1) to give teachers information about prejudice and discrimination 2) to assist in the development of positive attitudes toward human differences 3) to encourage…

This paper is divided into two main sections. The first deals with trends in teacher education in college and university preservice programs in Colorado and with school-based inservice programs, and covers curriculum innovations and general program characteristics. Specific programs are cited as illustrations. The second section lists issues and…

It was the purpose of this study to evaluate the pre-service and in-service education of English teachers of culturally disadvantaged students in the state of Georgia. Interviews, in which questionnaires were used, were conducted in 12 colleges and universities, with 15 rural and urban English teachers, and with English supervisory personnel. The…

This document is designed to aid the teacher in bridging the gap created by apparently divergent approaches to the study of language. It attempts to identify certain basic assumptions prerequisite to the study of language and to give the teacher an overview of the traditional, structural, and transformational-generative approaches to the study of…

The Triple I (Indianapolis Individualized Inservice) Project attemted to utilize an individualized approach to in-service education for teachers at two elementary schools located in the inner city. Five learning modules were established which were based upon areas identified by the teachers through the use of a special instrument, "In-service…

The objectives of this investigation were (1) to study the effects of Minicourse Eighteen, "Teaching Reading as Decoding," upon the development of 27 specific teacher behaviors related to teaching reading decoding skills in a panel of 33 inservice and preservice teachers; and (2) to study the effects of teacher training, or lack of training, with…

This report is one of a series presenting the results of studies of NDEA Title XI and Arts and Humanities Foundation Institute programs and selected institute-associated activities conducted in 1966. During that year, five economics institutes were held. The 175 participants in these institutes were involved in a variety of programs, including one…

The effectiveness of self-instructional, performance-based modules used in teacher training programs is evaluated in this study. Criterion-referenced tests were used to determine the degree of achievement of the module objectives. Three classes of students enrolled in Designs for Teaching at the University of West Florida provided the group of…

Research trends in secondary reading led the authors to investigate the process of dissemination of reading research to secondary school teachers and administrators. In considering ways of disseminating research, the concept of a continuum is introduced. At one extreme are the schools that take the responsibility for conducting their own research.…