The planned revision in the interpreter and translator curricula must not leave out of consideration the interests and needs of the students. Therefore students in the courses for translators and interpreters were interrogated about their motivation for study and their conceptions of the profession. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

An in-service microteaching program provided insights into specific skill areas and significant weaknesses in teaching practice. (MSE)

A former Fellow briefly describes in this presentation at a symposium "Scholars Working in Congress: The Impact of the Congressional Science Fellowship Program on the Field of Child Development" the knowledge/skill-based and socialization-based approaches designed to teach developmental psychologists to operate as professionals at the…

In an effort to compare five models used in delivering inservice instruction to administrators, a survey questionnaire was developed. The goals were to identify the principals' evaluations and perceptions of these models, to summarize the findings of the study, and to present the implications concerning the design of inservice education and the…

Intended for use by those interested in promoting books and reading in the world, this report examines book production and reading characteristics in Bulgaria. Major sections of the report deal with intellectual production, publishing activities, physical production, distribution, reading habits, professional training, and legal and institutional…

Registered and unregistered family day care providers were questioned regarding their "traditional" (less professionalized) and "modernized" (more professionalized) characteristics as described in Wattenberg's (1977) study of certified family day care providers. Data showed that unregistered providers had significantly less experience than…

Although there appear to be only minor differences between clinical, counseling, and school psychology disciplines, doctoral training typically involves application to a doctoral specialty training program in one of these separate fields. Perhaps the American Psychological Association (APA) has focused too much on existing differences and not…

A comparison is made between the training and practice of school psychology in the U.S. and in Ontario, Canada. Results of a questionnaire completed by practicing school psychologists in the two countries are compared in terms of demographic data, 25 skill variables, and six role functions. It was found that, despite many differences in training…

This is a discussion of the future of translation as a profession. The following are discussed: the quantitative growth of translation; the growth of translation as a technical profession; the influence of this growth on the future of translation training; the influence of translation on Canadian French; machine translation; and the future role of…

In India, training colleges prepare teachers for high schools and training schools prepare the primary school teacher. Presents approaches made to relate colleges and schools of education to the true working school situatio n. (PG)

Speeches given at the Symposium on Instructional Technologists, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (Los Angeles, February 6, 1969).

Reprinted from "New Generation . Research supported by Public Health Service Grant HD-02257 and General Research Support Grant FR-05666-02 from the National Institutes of Health.