Previous studies into teacher attitude and motivation have identified staff development as one of the contributing factors in using ICT (information and communication technology) effectively in the classroom. Substantial funds have been provided for such staff development in recent years in the United Kingdom. Currently, ICT training is being…

The longitudinal research reported in this paper took place in a K-8 school setting located in a suburb east of Los Angeles (California). Over a period of five years the school experienced saturation of computer and video technology; state-funded support for change; and (eventually) a restructured organization of the school in support of change.…

A study investigated teachers' and staff developers' perceptions and assessment of the Whole Language Network (which assists teachers in using the whole language approach), the support provided to participants, changes in teaching and assessment practices, and the effects of such changes on student attitudes and achievement. A total of 164…

Given the current need for collegial interaction among teachers, a teacher collegial group (TCG) was designed and implemented as a participatory structure in an elementary school. An interpretive research design was used to: (1) identify interactions occurring among the six participating teachers during TCG meetings; (2) improve the TCG meeting…

This document describes the objectives and focus of a workshop convened by UNESCO in 1982 to design and develop frameworks for training national curriculum specialists, and presents three "workshop products," i.e., reports on policy resulting from the workshop. Part one outlines purpose of the workshop and lists the participants from eight…

This document contains an inservice presentation for teaching common problem solving strategies in mathematics word problems. Sections included are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Common Word Problem Strategies"; (3) "Break into Parts"; (4) "Guess and Check/Test"; (5) "Working Backwards"; (6) "Look For a Pattern"; (7) "Make or Construct a Table, Chart,…

This booklet reviews research on the middle school environment, the characteristics of the middle school student, and the factors involved in teaching effectively at the middle school level, and then proposes a method that middle school teachers can use for analyzing their own classroom behavior and their instructional options. The booklet's first…

This study investigated secondary teachers' perceptions of school organizational climate relative to their own professional growth and development attitudes. Instrumentation consisted of the "School Climate Profile," chosen for its range of determinants of school organizational climate in the secondary school, and a Likert scaling procedure to…

This article presents an example of a university College of Education faculty becoming involved with the school society which it serves. The results of a needs assessment, conducted by inservice teacher education directors in six districts in Florida, showed a need for workshops on curricular innovations, particularly individualized instruction.…

A three-year project conducted in 2 Indianapolis, Indiana, public elementary schools involved three phases: (1) the study of teacher, student, and school program needs in the teaching and learning of reading and writing; (2) teacher and administrator inservice education; and (3) curriculum development and implementation. The inservice component…

STUDY OBJECTIVES WERE DEVELOPED AROUND THE IDEA THAT DELIBERATE AND PLANNED TEACHING OF FORMAL SYMBOLIC LOGIC WILL BENEFIT THE STUDENT AT ANY AGE BY ENLARGING HIS SCOPE AND PROVIDING FOR A DEEPER AND MORE PENETRATING STUDY OF MATHEMATICS AND OTHER DEDUCTIVELY FORMULATED DISCIPLINES. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE ABLE STUDENT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS…

An experimental program was designed to provide junior students majoring in elementary education with an opportunity to be vitally involved in a rural ghetto school for 3 days a week, implementing and testing the theories and methods taught in on-campus classes on the remaining 2 days of the week. The school, with a majority of black students, was…

Describes a study that examined the potential of a short inservice course (one week) with the teaching of experimental science in the primary school. Results indicated that participation in the course resulted in an increase in the amount of classroom time devoted to experimental science by the teachers involved (N=31). (ML)

The purpose of this study was to investigate what, if anything, was lacking in training teachers for the classroom. A brief questionnaire was give to 12 teachers with two or less years of teaching at an elementary school in Oxford (Mississippi). All respondents stated a need for parent-teacher conference training. A review of relevant literature…

Much is being emphasized in staff development in the area of reading instruction. It is important for teachers to study and think reflectively about what can be done to improve the elementary reading curriculum. One procedure that can be used is to hold a quality workshop based on the needs of reading teachers. Teachers might volunteer to serve on…