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Waterfall, Clarence – 1981
A survey of secondary school English teachers employed by three school districts in Utah was conducted by the teacher education committee of the English department of Weber State College (Ogden) to determine the areas of English instruction for which their teacher education courses had not adequately prepared them. On a scale from one to five, the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English Teacher Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Muse, Ivan D. – 1978
Many schools of education do not specifically direct attention to programs that encourage, train and prepare teachers for life in rural schools and communities. Also the professors who concentrate most of their time in the city complex have had little exposure to rural needs and experiences. However, with some leadership on the part of rural…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Morris, Sandra L. – 2001
This final report summarizes the activities of TIME (Training in a Manila Envelope), a federally funded project designed to replicate the Child Care plus+ model of inservice training by providing: (1) a course on inclusion directly for child care providers and other early childhood professionals in rural areas across the nation; and (2) training…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention

Van Ert, Heidi; Wolf, Joan S. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1996
A staff development program was designed to train rural Utah teachers in effective strategies for serving gifted and talented students. Teams of facilitators from universities and district offices traveled to rural sites to deliver 3 10-hour teacher workshops. Teachers indicated that the training was beneficial and reported positive results from…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Higher Education
Mergendoller, John R.; And Others – 1993
This evaluation report describes program implementation, computer acquisition and placement, and computer use during the second year (1991-92) of the Utah Educational Technology Initiative (ETI). In addition, it discusses the various ways computers are used in Utah schools and reports the opinions and experiences of ETI coordinators in the 12…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Improvement
Miller, Greg, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 48 presentations and 15 poster abstracts. Papers include "Computer Tasks Required in Selected Undergraduate Agriculture Courses" (Johnson, Ferguson, Vokinnns, Lester); "College of Agriculture Faculty Perceptions of Electronic Technologies in Teaching" (Dooley, Murphy); "Steering Through Turbulent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences