The report summarizes an inservice training project for implementing a model competency-based curriculum for therapeutic recreation personnel in colleges and universities. Described are activities related to five program objectives, including identifying regional training needs, training inservice institute facilitators, and establishing and…

This document reviews the Senior Medical Consultant Program; a program designed to utilize recently or near-retired medical school faculty members in a continuing medical education program. Evaluation of the program by physician teachers, physicians attending the sessions, both attending staff and house staff, and by physicians scheduling the…

A survey of colleges and universities reports on current faculty development programs in higher education and how they are dealing with issues such as funding, organization, voluntarism, and programs to encourage faculty improvement. (JMF)

In-service training of custodial service employees must be designed so that instruction is clear, concise, and easily understood. The program should include films, discussion groups, demonstrations, and actual participation in hands-on learning situations. (Author)

Reports the conclusions of a study which tested student understanding of economics taught by teachers involved in in-service education programs. Results showed that a program in which the teachers discussed curricular materials was more effective than conventional instruction. (Author/JR)

Looks at current trends in higher education: enrollment, student unrest, finances, and educational accountability. (Author/DN)

This study focuses on student teachers' perceptions of their professional identity. The respondents are students enrolled in a three-year course in secondary education teaching at bachelor level. Questionnaires were filled out by first-year, second-year and third-year students from two colleges. The questionnaire included four scales: commitment…

Cites curriculum relevance and faculty competence as two particular and acute concerns of the technical institution. Advocates the formation of consortia consisting of several institutions to keep abreast of technological developments and to train personnel. (CP)

Professional Growth Committee at Northern Illinois University established programs of inservice training for professional and clerical staff in the division of student affairs. Changes in the division effected by this committee were improved morale, new programs with developmental impact on students, and a general advancement of professionalism in…

An intensified weekend experience on sexual awareness training for effective counseling focuses on participants' sexual feelings, attitudes, and behavior. (Author/JR)

Describes a course for inservice teacher education involving a transdisciplinary approach to environmental studies. (SH)

A teaching center at the University of Northern Colorado organized a series of metrication workshops. University personnel trained inservice teachers to serve as affiliate instructors for the workshops. (SD)

The paper describes a 2-year college program designed to meet the need for front-line workers, who have been trained within the developmental model, to work with people exhibiting a broad variety of handicaps. The program is explained to adhere to a philosophy of normalization/integration for the handicapped. The orientation is noted to be…

This brochure describes the novel professional staff development model used by the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) at Eastern Michigan University. The inservice training model revolved around the design and implementation of a Mini-University format for the 76 staff professionals and six graduate assistants within the DSA. Basically, the…

Contained in this volume are lectures, summaries of presented papers, and main plenary papers of a seminar, held at Helsinki University of Technology, on the education and training of engineers. The objectives of the seminar were to review the present status and trends of the continuing education of engineers in Europe and around the world, to…