A study was undertaken to ascertain the position of inservice training for librarians in South Africa and to determine what adjustments were necessary for inservice training practice in South African libraries. An examination of the literature on inservice training revealed current trends, and the literature in the field of library science was…

Examine resources and their use in school mathematics from the perspective of mathematics teacher education with a view to the practice of school mathematics. Provides examples of resource use within an in-service teacher education research project in South Africa. Concludes that mathematics teacher education needs to focus more attention on…

In the wake of the 1976 violence in Soweto, South Africa, the READ project was set up by a group of private citizens who were concerned that the government's commitment to an urgent and extensive improvement of black education would not extend to school libraries. Good libraries were seen as particularly important in black schools, because high…

Raises issues pertinent to the success of promoting environmental education. Discusses the role of postsecondary institutions in preparing teachers to teach environmental education in Bophuthatswana's schools. (MDH)

Describes the work of PETRA (Primary Teaching in Rural Areas), an aid-funded project that was set up to improve the standards of English language teaching in black primary schools in rural areas in South Africa. Focuses on the first phase of the project, during which teachers attended an inservice training course leading to an externally-validated…

Fifteen papers from the University of South Africa's Conference on Distance Education are presented on professional education and practical training. They include: "Essential and Professional Education of Physics Teachers in Poland" (Kazimierz A. Badziag); "Vocational Teaching at a Distance: The New Zealand Perspective" (Dave…

We reflect on methodological issues arising in two of our own research projects as a form of practice, as a way of engaging in a praxis of project research. The projects chosen for this purpose are themselves concerned with teacher education and curriculum development in environmental education: they include participatory "reflective…