This article contains excerpts from a teacher's diary telling her experiences in team teaching. It relates how two teachers established a creative, warm classroom environment. The story ends tragically with the death of one of the teachers. (MR)

This article describes a teacher education approach devised by the Emory University's Division of Educational Studies and two systems of the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area that combines in-service education and preservice education. (JA)

The evolution of collaborative work relationships among teachers was studied in 13 elementary schools implementing the Wisconsin plan for Individually-Guided Education in a Multi-Unit School. Two hypotheses were entertained: that task interdependence in the teaching of students would (l) raise the level of work-related communication among teachers…

This set of documents includes the original proposal (December 1968) for the 2-year Toledo Teacher Corps program and a summary description of the program half way through its first year (November 1969). The program summary describes it as an undergraduate training program designed to improve the educational process in urban poverty areas and to…

Describes a team approach including specialists in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and instructional media which provides coordinated methods experience for elementary teachers. (MD)

The passage of current educational legislation such as the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA) and the more recent "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act has increased the desire for greater inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms. Serving the need of all students in inclusive classrooms…

Article examined the advantages of team teaching and surveyed 529 elementary school teachers for their attitudes, including job satisfaction. (RK)

The authors describe an inservice program designed to assist elementary school personnel in the implementation of mandated health education programs in New York state. (MJB)

Background/Context: This study is based on prior research regarding the need for explicit social instruction for children with special needs, cooperative educational models, and the goals and relative successes of inclusive educational practices. The author refers to several studies on these subjects, including those by Kavale and Forness; Salend;…

This paper describes a program (now in its second year) which unites preservice and inservice education in a continuing educational program for elementary teachers involving (1) an approach to instructional theory and classroom practice which combines both in a single module of time; (2) the utilization of satellite public schools for laboratory…

The purpose of this case study was to describe how a 4th-grade teacher and a TAG coordinator collaborated to improve services for advanced learners without the support of university faculty and with limited resources. Interviews, questionnaires, transcriptions of videotaped consultation sessions, and observations of classroom instruction showed…

A block of time commencing at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 11:00 a.m. for each school day of the week was set aside for instruction in social studies, language arts, and audiovisual education. This blocking required that students move into the three specialized areas of instruction as special material was available in the class-laboratory rooms. Team…

Article describes the implementation of a model for teacher education based on a college faculty, public school staff, graduate, and undergraduate students which provides selected experiences based on the needs of all participants. (GB)

In general, the data from this study support the hypothesis that attitude maintenance is facilitated by the support of other group members. (Authors)