Discusses a study of agricultural science teachers in 60 secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria, that offered agricultural science courses during the 1985 school year. The survey revealed a need for more inservice education, better funding, and better equipment in agricultural science laboratories. (JOW)

Describes two videotaped art programs, CONNECTING and THINK NEW, designed to help elementary school teachers provide visual art instruction which encourages students to think of art as a way of perceiving the connections between their experiences and knowledge and to perceive their world and lives in new ways. (DMM)

Summarizes workshop organization and activities at the 1987 Governor's Academy for Teachers of Writing, a two-week workshop and writing laboratory for teachers in Tennessee. (MM)

Project SUPPORT provided instruction and encouragement in activity-oriented elementary science teaching to 38 teachers. The project involved two summer sessions and school-year activities including teacher partnering. The project is described, and teachers' perceptions of their partnerships are reported. (Author/MT)

The study attempted to determine effects of an experientially based educators-in-industry program in South Carolina on teacher knowledge and attitude regarding work. Results indicate that one can successfully explore the topic of work by first-hand exposure to business and industry. (CH)

Discusses a graduate course on teaching the Vietnam War in which 15 secondary teachers participated. Analyzes the shortcomings of textbooks, particularly in the coverage of the human aspects of the war. Notes methods used by some participants to increase student interest in the subject. (GEA)

Describes a survey of 52 Missouri vocational agriculture teachers regarding inservice needs of beginning teachers. The five topics of high priority are (1) microcomputers in the classroom, (2) agribusiness management, (3) electricity, (4) training contest teams, and (5) assisting with recordkeeping. (CH)

Staff development programs in school districts have been changing to comprehensive, adaptive approaches that focus on specific needs and concerns of individual teachers. This bibliography gives citations of documents and journal articles that discuss both theoretical and research findings on the improvement of instruction through staff development…

This study presents a field-oriented attempt to understand professional development from the teacher's point-of-view. Twenty female teachers from northern Israel were interviewed. Findings are in the areas of meaningful topics of study and teacher profiles. (Author/CH)

Discusses participant characteristics, course content, teaching strategies, and follow-up activities of two inservice teacher computer training programs responsive to needs of beginners (providing basic skills to teachers with no familiarity and computer anxiety) and advanced users (dealing with issues of systematic classroom integration of…

A school-business partnership between Monsanto Company and the Springfield Public Schools, Massachusetts, focuses on inservice teacher education. Seminar series equip teachers with current information on the technological revolution. (CJH)

A summary of a national survey of administrators in correctional and special education is discussed. Inservice and preservice training programs in corrections and special education at the University of Maryland are reviewed. Recommendations are made, including the need to make graduates streetwise and politically savvy as well as professionally…

A South African educator describes the outcomes of a 3-day inservice course on a school's attempts to provide enrichment for academically gifted 6-9 year olds. (CL)

In designing consultation programs for special education teachers, three factors must be considered: (1) characteristics of consultation; (2) practitioner needs of consultation information; and (3) specific consultation skills to include in the training sequence. (Author/CL)

Fifteen years of research on effective teaching have highlighted teaching behaviors that are known to be related to gains in student achievement. Research findings and their application to inservice teaching programs are discussed, and a preservice education course which applies research findings is described. (MT)