Teachers participating in an inservice class report their own personal responses to the use of poetry in the classroom.

Explores myths about British teacher centers. (IRT)

Proposed guidelines for preparing teachers to meet the unique challenge of teaching adolescent students are outlined. (JD)

Principals must see the necessity for an ongoing inservice program that considers the shared responsibility of teachers. The concept of shared responsibility involves understanding how a school's support systems and linkages can, through a structured sequence of events, develop more effective collaboration in programing for students. (Author/IRT)

Examines pressures, internal and external to education, that have created changes in European teacher education. The internal changes include the changing status of teachers, new roles for teachers, and a restructuring of the profession. (IRT)

"Home-grown" but university-assisted talent should design and execute inservice programs. (Author)

Reviewed in the article on the special education director's role in inservice training programs are planning procedures (including evaluation of the present program by all staff), types of programs offered (such as summer curriculum writing and teacher orientation week), and evaluation methods. (CL)

Some ideas and concerns about inservice education, particularly inservice education relating to the handicapped, are presented from the perspectives of public school personnel, university trainers, researchers, and the Division of Personnel Preparation of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. (SBH)

Nine paradoxes in teacher renewal may make the evaluation of renewal programs seem to be a useless activity, but evaluators must continue because any attempt to improve the quality of instruction is better than none at all. (MM)

Available from: Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The President of the National Education Association discusses P.L. 94-142 the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, from the perspective of the regular educator. (BD)

In a study by HM Inspectors of the mathematics taught in the primary schools of three different areas in Wales, it emerged that, although there were differences in detail, there were enough similarities for some general conclusions to be drawn about the content of work and the lead given to teachers in the planning of their schemes. (Editor)

Compared were the cognitive outcomes between a university based course on creative classroom concepts and methods for 137 classroom teachers taught via the telenetwork and the same course taught at face-to-face locations. (SBH)

This paper describes the development and evaluation of a beginning teacher induction program designed to bridge the gap between student teacher and teacher with full responsibility. While teachers were happy in general with the program, effects on teacher behavior were slight. (Author/MT)

A model in which primary trainers train second generation, self-perpetuating teams which can then independently carry out inservice training was judged viable in a study involving two three-member teams involved with autistic students. The model features a competency-based approach in behavior modification. (CL)

Current research in developing countries on the inservice education and training of teachers (INSET) and on the effects of examination systems on teaching is reviewed. Annotated reference lists are provided. (Author/MT)