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Peer reviewedDupuis, Mary M.; Askov, Eunice N. – Educational Leadership, 1982
Pennsylvania's Content Area Reading Program uses a network of 50 trained instructors to help teachers improve students' content area reading skills. This article covers program content, instructor recruitment and training, variations in program presentation, factors underlying program success, and steps in planning inservice programs in content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Download full textBlue, Terry W.; And Others – 1980
By describing and defending six assumptions about teacher education, the Pennsylvania Association of Liberal Arts Colleges for the Advancement of Teaching (PALACAT) defines the purposes, goals, needs, and foundations of teacher education. The role of research in teacher education and current practices in teacher education are analyzed, and a four…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Hackler, George, Ed. – The New Campus, 1982
Ten articles on continuing professional education are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Merging Continuing Education and Inservice Teacher Education: A Concept Worth Exploring" (Alvah M. Kilgore); "Ablative Absolute Continuing Education, Ignorance Flees" (Ben J. Wiens); "Humanize! Individualize! Personalize!…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Cognitive Style, Extension Education
Association of Pennsylvania State Coll. and Univ. Faculties, Harrisburg. – 1984
Comments and recommendations to promote excellence in the Pennsylvania state system of higher education are offered for the consideration of policy shapers and decisionmakers. The following topics are addressed: setting priorities and determining system goals; building public confidence; clarifying roles and responsibilities of the state system;…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, College Admission, College Environment
Harrington, Lois G., Ed. – 1982
These proceedings contain the texts of 20 reports presented at a conference organized to review and assess the status of the following types of performance/competency-based approaches to the professional development of vocational teachers and administrators: performance-based teacher education (PBTE), competency-based teacher education (CBTE),…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Competency Based Teacher Education, Delivery Systems
