In Virginia, continuous and extended efforts are being made to identify and provide the inservice training needed by teachers in agriculture through a series of State, speical interest, and area workshops. The article relates the procedures used to plan and provide inservice programs, and some related problems. (Author/AJ)

An evaluation of a nursing workshop is presented which demonstrates two components of program evaluation: (1) immediate reaction of participants regarding the quality, relevance, and presentation of the information (measured by questionnaire) and (2) follow-up to define behavioral change in nursing departments (observed by appropriate personnel in…

Summarizes for a sample of elementary teachers the previous utilization and future demand for inservice teacher workshops. A mail survey of randomly selected K-6 teachers in New York and northern New Jersey yielded 2,160 responses. Over 66 percent had attended one inservice training session during the previous two years. (Author)

Results of a workshop for assistant principals demonstrate that communication skills can be enhanced through active participation in a relatively short-term training program. (Author/MLF)

Workshops designed to give nonhandicapped persons experiences that simulate different handicapping conditions are described. Rationale for the workshops, planning considerations, and a description of groups participating (facilitators, helpers, and selected participants) and their roles are given. (JH)

An organizational development specialist tells how he prepared a management workshop on conducting effective meetings by first interviewing the managers and finding out what they wanted. Includes his "front-end analysis" questionnaire and the workshop format. (MF)

This article brings attention to the referral process and provides a set of materials needed to conduct a staff inservice workshop on this underdeveloped service. (Author)

The application of modern day psychology to self-image development is seen as a necessary prerequisite to the solution of people problems. (Author)

Describes the outcomes from a poetry workshop for teachers, showing how teaching poetry helped the instructor's writing of poetry. Encourages teachers to become more interested in their own writing. (RL)

Bloom's work on the taxonomy of educational objectives has been used by the Association of Indian Universities in conducting workshops and seminars on question-banking organized by several universities in India. An experimental application in a professional development course is described briefly. (LBH)

A brief account of an experimental workshop for students at Glasgow College of Technology on the use of Biological Literature is presented, together with an assessment of participants' reactions. The most novel feature of the workshop was its emphasis on self-teaching. (Author/MA)

Suggests integrating theatrical experiences into total art experiences by using creative workshops to challenge the intellectual, emotional and physical needs of elementary school children. Available from: Children's Theatre Review, Children's Theatre Association of America, American Theatre Association, 1029 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 402,…

Describes a workshop convened by UNESCO in Peru at which students, community members, teachers, and specialists contributed ideas for improving environmental education. Discussed are workshop objectives, activities during the three weeks, and documents and activities developed by the group. (AV)

Prescribes a sequential approach when teaching techniques of creative writing and self-expression at a teachers workshop. (RL)

A report on MUSICOMP 76, "an intensive workshop designed to introduce music historians, theorists, and analysts to computer techniques relevant to their research," is presented. (Author/RW)