Notes a definite lack of research in the area of communication skills training for teachers. Indicates that existing research shows that there is a special personality for communication trainers, that communication training has positive effects on teachers' behavior, and that there are various models for effective communication training. (FL)

Examines technology professional development for preservice and inservice teachers. Reviews the current status of technology in our schools, professional development for teachers and for technology, and research on efforts to increase preservice teacher use of technology in appropriate ways. (Contains 61 references.) (Author/LRW)

The article synthesizes research findings from studies examining how principals and teachers contribute to shared instructional leadership and the relationship of shared instructional leadership to teacher and student learning. Principals and teachers contribute to the leadership equation in each school in different ways, according to school…

A review of recent literature on both theoretical and research findings on the application of research to improve classroom instruction is offered. (DF)

Reviews of professional literature identify characteristics of effective staff development programs and inservice activities. Purposes for staff development include: pedagogical growth and understanding and discovery of self as well as cognitive, theoretical, professional, and career development. (DF)

An Australian perspective of the writing projects burgeoning in the United States. (RL)

The point of emphasis in classroom research is shifting away from pure educational theory and toward a descriptive investigation of teaching and learning realities. (LH)

Self-study research is a mode of scholarly inquiry in which teachers examine their beliefs and actions as educators and explore pedagogical questions. A three-phase model of collaborative self-study research is offered as a framework for university faculty to engage in self-study for the purpose of improving teaching and creating new knowledge.…

According to research of the 1980's in the ERIC system and elsewhere, there seem to be three schools of thought about the most effective ways to reward good teachers and provide incentives for improving teacher performance. The schools of thought described include (1) intrinsic rewards only; (2) specific additional monetary rewards for specific…

Although effective faculty development programs rely heavily on evaluation and instructional techniques related to speech communication, very few faculty development centers have utilized the expertise of speech communication professionals. Speech communication professionals can do five things to improve their profession and to use their…

In the late 1970s, teachers were viewed either as weak links to be circumvented or as technicians to be programmed. Now educators recognize the significance of well-educated teachers being able to assume new powers and responsibilities to redesign schools. This article reviews recent teaching research and explores findings developed at the…

Reviews published studies (referenced in ERIC Document Retrieval Service) dealing with teacher inservice in environmental education. Includes a chronological summary of the studies between 1970 and 1980. Findings reveal that a wide variety of formats were used but that program effectiveness studies were extremely limited. (ML)

An educative approach to teacher change gives teachers access to new knowledge and understanding in ways that will assist them in taking possession of that knowledge and to work out its implications and its consequences for their own settings and contexts. (CB)

Reviews research relating to field experience in teacher education programs. Concludes that while such experiences have the potential of being the critical catalyst that converts college students into good teachers, they are currently lacking in many areas. (FL)

Discusses the use of hypothesis testing research and hypothesis generating research designs. Researchers investigating teacher development should continue to use hypothesis generating research designs to depict, relate, and conceptualize information in this area. Hypothesis testing research designs could check the accuracy of these initial…