Ways in which student teaching and inservice and preservice teacher education can be made into a continuum of teacher education services, especially for vocational education teachers, are explained. (GW)

The author contends that curriculum improvement efforts in the field of vocational education should focus on teachers, especially on teachers who are favorably disposed toward change. (GW)

A board of education member reflects upon the philosophy of in-service teacher education, the complex needs involved in in-service programs, and the problems of meeting those needs. (JD)

An instructional model, labeled "direct instruction," which contains general principles that can form the basis for in-service teacher training in teaching basic skills in reading and mathematics, is described. (JD)

Computers are the objects of instruction, the means to deliver instruction, and tools for learning. Short case studies of particular programs show how computers are being used. Also discussed is how computer programs can be implemented. (JMK)

The values of professionals and quasi-professionals in school have not been sufficiently consensual to allow change agent strategies to work as they should. The disadvantage of change agents in education lies in applying methods that are largely educational to situations that are fundamentally political. (JD)

A college professor examines the problems of site specific in-service education. Three major points are made--in-service education is more complex than critics realize, political decisions become confused with professional decisions, and the principal of the school is the key figure in in-service education. (JD)

Research about classroom communication, classroom management, training, and staff development form the basis around which teachers can improve their practice. Staff development programs must be dynamic to support and stimulate this process. (CB)

Testing, staffing, and educational objectives of performance-based teacher education programs are discussed. (GW)

This article describes how to identify implicit theories of teaching and learning through a workshop which creates an open, reciprocal climate that enhances self-knowledge and knowledge of others and facilitates communication. (CJ)

Weekend workshops for teachers, focusing upon moral development, prove helpful to participants in encouraging them to understand and strengthen their own moral values, thus enabling them to encourage development of sound values in their students. (JD)

This paper addresses two issues: (1) needs associated with computers in the schools and (2) roles the federal government should have in meeting those needs. (JMK)

This document consists of the two issues of this newsletter published during 1994. Issues contain articles and employment notices of interest to Montessori teachers and school administrators. Feature articles include: (1) "Meaningful In-Service Comes from Within Our Own School" (Anne Blickenstaff and Nancy Hildick), which discusses one…

An interdisciplinary program to train school administrators and teachers in international affairs and intercultural studies has been developed at the University of Denver. Activities of the Center for Teaching International Relations, jointly sponsored by the Graduate School of International Studies and the School of Education, are described. (PP)

Examines key concepts in a thorough understanding of fluent oral reading, noting such fluency is often neglected in classroom reading instruction. The article outlines procedures, activities, and instruments which encourage teachers to attend closely to students' oral reading fluency. With sufficient training, teachers can become accurate judges…