California State University, Chico (CSU, Chico) has had a teacher center program underway for two years. By coupling the concept of centers with the traditional California requirement of a fifth year of professional training for preservice teachers CSU, Chico has designed, within a 70-mile radius of the campus, 14 teacher training centers, each…

Based on responses from 268 classroom teachers and 58 speech-language pathologists, a regional inservice training program was designed to meet the needs of professionals working with hearing impaired children. (SB)

The junior-high school lends itself readily to innovative approaches in preparing youngsters to meet the challenge of the work world. The junior-high years are important because 30% of those who drop out of schools drop out during this period. Ohio has taken steps to provide continual updating of the vocational information held by their…

In the sparsely populated 100,000 square miles of South Dakota and adjacent areas in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, a program (Project TAPE: Tactics for Applying Programs in Education) for disseminating information about elementary science curricula was funded by the National Science Foundation. Six part-time regional consultants were selected to…

Described is a workshop program for inservice education for North Carolina teachers implementing "Beginnings," the kindergarten component on the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). Teachers generally liked the workshop, liked the curriculum materials, and felt the program fit their pupils. A substantial number of teachers felt…

Describes a course on the Vietnam War presented by the author to 19 secondary school teachers. The course sought to increase competency in teaching about the war by using readings, lectures, and guest speakers. Concludes that the course was a success because participants encouraged others in their departments to include the topic in their…

In response to both Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Chapter 622 of the Acts of 1971 prohibiting racial or sexual discrimination in schools, 43 exemplary curriculum and inservice training projects in the State of Massachusetts are described in detail. While providing specific information about each new project or program in an…

This supplementary modern mathematics textbook is to help in-service teachers to broaden their background in mathematical concepts and ideas for grades 1 through 9. This in-service course was written with two basic objectives: (1) to help teachers to become familiar with some of the newer mathematical ideas and concepts for grades 1 through 9, and…

In a structured inservice program, implemented by professional staff, teachers are required to participate a minimum of 48 hours per school year in workshops, seminars, and courses with the goal of individual and curricular improvement and professional advancement. (JD)

This final report describes accomplishments and activities of the 4-year Super-Vision project, designed to train teachers to supervise paraeducators in their work with students who have disabilities. The project used a problem-solving, consultative model, validated curriculum materials ("Teamwork and Evaluation"), and a training of trainers…

The first Japanese "curriculum standards" for educational media/ICT in-service teacher training was announced by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in April 1973. Since then, the "curriculum standards" has been revised twice. The last revision was made in March 2006, based on the results of a preliminary study that…

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of in-service courses conducted by the Ministry of National Education in order to inform teachers about the changes introduced by the new primary and secondary school curricula. The study also aims to reveal whether these changes have entered the classrooms based on the teachers' views of the INSET…

Despite the benefits associated with teacher development through participation in communities of practice, many questions about these groups remain unanswered. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine a group of elementary physical education teachers as a community of practice whose objective was to develop and disseminate…

This paper describes the current state of the secondary school English curriculum throughout the United States as amorphous, reactive, and without vital direction and offers suggestions for curricular improvement. The first half of the paper reviews the historical development of the English curriculum from World War II, touching on the emergence…

DeSoto Parish, Louisiana is a basically rural area in nature and in 1970 was recognized as below the norm in its educational program. This document outlines the plan for the restructuring of the curricular program with an attendant inservice program in an effort to correct instructional deficiencies and to create in parents, teachers, and students…