Reported in this document are the evaluation results of five model teacher inservice language arts/reading projects geographically dispersed and operationally unique. Contents include an introduction describing the joint efforts of the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development and the National Council of Teachers of English in carrying out the…

The first part of this document contains the text of two resolutions, on co-ordination of European university research and on the educational uses of radio and television, adopted by the Committee of Ministers in June 1970. Reports on two meetings concerned with High Education and Research, seven in the area of General and Technical Education,…

The effects of an individualized instruction workshop and its related follow-up program on the attitudes and behavior of selected elementary teachers and their students were discussed in this report. Participants were teachers in a four-day workshop on individualizing instruction. The workshop included training in classroom procedures, managing…

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)

Describes the two-way interactive cable television experiment underway in Rockford (Illinois) providing in-service teacher training in the elementary schools in metric education and four areas of language arts--creative writing, listening skills, use of children's language experience in teaching, and creative dramatics. (JMF)

Describes a program developed to prepare elementary teachers to use several new interdisciplinary, inquiry-oriented elementary science curricula. Improvement of the teachers' skills in developing and presenting science demonstrations and in directing student investigations was emphasized. (Author/IRT)

The Early Childhood Education effort in the Scotts Valley Union School District in California began with difficulty but changed with a positive attitude into a successful project, one in which both parent volunteers and teachers learned and contributed. (Author/RK)

The literature on problems of inservice teacher education in general, and science inservice teacher education in particular, is synthesized, problems identified, and suggestions generated from the findings. These may also be generalized to mathematics teachers. (MNS)

Research related to pupil control ideology is reviewed and the effects of an inservice course dealing with child management techniques that was conducted with an elementary school staff are examined. Implications for further research and inservice courses are offered. (Author/DF)

Science kit is a tool used to teach science in several schools. Science kit inservices are intended to provide teachers with the skills needed for using science kits. The evaluation of science kit/inservice workshops to assess their effectiveness to enhance teachers' science knowledge, positive attitude toward science, and science teaching is an…

This paper describes research lessons, which form the core of a larger process called lesson study within Japanese elementary science faculty development. Research lessons are actual classroom lessons with students which are: observed by others; planned for a long time, usually collaboratively; designed to bring to life particular goals of…

A five-week experiment showed significant gains in economic understanding of second graders as a result of using the author's materials. Weekly inservice training of teachers had no (further) significant impact on student learning. (IM)

As applied at Lincoln Elementary School in Evansville (Indiana), the Teacher-Directed Inservice Education Program allowed teachers to direct their own learning by contracting for consultation during regular school hours to meet specific needs. The program meets seven guidelines suggested for effective inservice education, including administrator…