This paper brings together and examines several of the better known developments in the field of simulation as an instructional alternative in teacher education. Six examples of simulation in preservice and inservice teacher education are described. Each description includes information on the purpose and form of the simulation, how to use it, its…

A one-day in-service workshop was held for elementary and middle school teachers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Each workshop consisted of large-group presentations followed by small-group discussions by participants, who were divided into nine groups. Presentations concerned techniques to aid motivation among multicultural and multiracial…

Describes the use of selected elementary teachers as liaison between eight elementary schools and four subject area directors (science, mathematics, language arts, social studies). Teachers are released from classroom duties one day per month to perform administrative and supervisory duties. (BB)

Reports on 3 unorthodox programs for teaching beginning reading. One uses library books and newspapers as the core materials, one features a parent-involvement program, and one emphasizes tender training. (JMB)

Describes the objectives and teaching approach to be used in a college or inservice course in psycholinguistics and reading. (DD)

Described are the objectives and results of the Cleveland State University summer workshop titled "Reasoning for Children," designed to provide inservice training in teaching philosophical constructs to elementary age children. (SBH)

The article notes the impact upon the language/speech therapy profession of therapist interactions with social dialect speakers. Specifically, the role of the speech-language pathologist as a consultant to the classroom teacher is discussed. Clinician involvement in bidialectal training programs for teachers is recommended. (Author/DB)

Suggests having teachers give reading inservice training to each other. Describes one program that did this. (FL)

The study was designed to measure the effects of a treatment designed to improve inservice teachers' interactive decision making (IDM). A group who received treatment and a control group who read information about IDM were compared. One way analyses of variance indicated a significant difference on each measure of IDM. (Author/DWH)

The spread effect (the impact on those other than the initial participants) of inservice teacher education regarding mainstreaming is described in terms of increased awareness of handicapping conditions on the part of other staff and students in middle and elementary settings. (CL)

The Portal School Program at Arizona State University is described as one method of promoting health education in elementary schools. Teachers are directly involved in curriculum decision making through inservice training. Elements of the program are explored. (Author/DF)

The attitudes of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers toward career education were evaluated in relation to an inservice training program using a television series on career education titled "Bread and Butterflies." (LS)

This study examined the proposition that if teacher professional development focuses on ways of thinking and teacher action, it will facilitate the ongoing implementation of opportunity-to-learn (OTL) assessment strategies rated as "teacher-friendly" and "very teacher-friendly." Case study methodology was used to investigate…

This article, intended for Reading Recovery teacher leaders, site coordinators, and trainers, discusses the issue of field visits by teacher leaders to teachers. The article argues that it is helpful, in considering field visits to teachers, to understand the various means of assisting performance described by Tharp and Gallimore in 1988. The…

Elementary school teachers were trained in seven guidance learnings over a two-day span so that they could use guidance approaches in their classes. The Guidance Learning Rating Scale was developed to evaluate statements before and after their exposure to confluent education activities. There were significant changes in test scores in the expect…