Divided into 7 units, the book provides vocational educational teachers with inservice training on practical knowledge and work skills for working with mainstreamed handicapped students. Unit 1 explores the rights of the handicapped, the capabilities and characteristics of the handicapped, training for competitive employment, shaping the training…

This is a SMSG inservice textbook for primary school teachers. One of the goals of the book is to promote the teaching of mathematics in accord with a conceptual development of mathematical ideas. The authors indicate that rote learning is frequently considered the only way to learn mathematics, especially for culturally deprived children. A…

This publication, the third in a yearly series, follows the intent of previous editions in which rapid changes in the field of science teacher education were assessed. Accordingly, 14 contributed articles appearing in this volume are grouped under the following headings: (1) The Mission of Science Education, (2) The People of Science Teaching, and…

This document contains five essays which explore the idea that increased teacher awareness and knowledge of human interaction will promote public acknowledgement and acceptance of (a) improved self-concept, (b) desire for learning, and (c) respect for others on the part of students, and establish these behaviors as accountable curriculum goals in…

Intended to furnish continuing assistance to adviser, staff, and printer, and written from their point of view, this guidebook in yearbook journalism emphasizes fundamentals but also encourages experimentation and creativity. The book is intended to provide self-help for the inexperienced adviser, furnish a quick review or refresher course for the…

Teacher centers in England are professional laboratories where inservice teachers (freed from their classrooms by a release program) can share ideas, experiences, and problems with their colleagues and participate in the development and testing of teaching materials. The evolution of the teacher centers, their functioning, their projects, and…

The public has a major financial investment in the education of teachers but has failed to give this problem the attention it deserves. Preservice education prepares the teacher only to the readiness for teaching stage, and on-the-job experience occupies only a minor proportion of the teacher education program. In the first years of teaching,…

This review of theory and practice in public school contrasts American open education with English implementation, providing case studies on open education projects. Chapter 1 provides an overview of this book and discusses education reform in America, characteristics of open classrooms, and the curious teacher. Chapters 2-6 focus on the following…

This workbook offers teachers, superintendents, curriculum directors, and site principals step-by-step guidance to incorporate technology into the elementary school environment. The following chapters are included: (1) "The Challenge of Building a Quality Technology Program"; (2) "Creating a School Context for Technology…

This book shares the lessons learned by a large community of educational researchers and science teachers as they designed, developed, and investigated a new technology-enhanced learning environment known as WISE: The Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment. WISE offers a collection of free, customizable curriculum projects on topics central to the…

This book is a guide for scientists, teachers, and administrators on how to design, implement, and evaluate professional development programs. The assumption is that the science teacher and the practicing scientist are full partners in a professional community. The eight chapters contain information on the committee that produced this book and how…

This handbook, the first of two levels, is designed to help teachers refine and expand their language skills in spoken Cantonese. The handbook is written in spoken Cantonese form, which means that many Chinese characters are included that represent Cantonese expressions not found in standard written Chinese. The handbook is divided into 15 units,…

This paper contains eight components and is modular in the sense that it can be taken as a whole or in part. The first section is a pretest which attempts to analyze some measurable dimensions of a master's degree. The second section is a short presentation which shows how education must stress the affective and attitude dimensions of learning.…

The purpose of this nine-chapter book is to (a) ferret out ideas and recommendations for revitalizing and reconceptualizing inservice education, and (b) replicate or adapt the Workshop on Reconceptualizing Inservice Education for which the first seven chapters were written. Chapter 1 examines the historical forces which have developed and now…

This kit provides materials for training educators to better supervise paraeducators and other classroom personnel. It consists of an instructor's manual, a trainee's workbook, and six videotapes, one for each unit. The training program is intended for small groups in six sessions in either inservice or university settings. The instructor's manual…