The abandonment of existing school systems is unrealistic and educational reform demands should be met internally. The authors propose a renewed emphasis on continuing training programs. They advance a conceptual basis for inservice training and suggest a repertoire of alternative approaches aimed ultimately at the restoration of public confidence…

Author suggests situations that stress the critical incident method for stimulating quality teaching. (Author/RK)

This paper is an examination of a model for the inservice training of elementary school teachers in health education. Presented before the Research Council at the forty-sixth annual convention of the American School Health Association in San Diego, California, 1972. (Author)

Central Ohio Project Breakthrough, a successful in-service training program, is the focus of this discussion of the modes and problems of in-service teacher education. (MM)

This evaluation of an in-service program for teachers included surveys before the program, immediately after, and six months after. It found a decline in the acceptability of the workshop to the teachers over time and showed that the program had no significant impact on their teaching. (IRT)

Issues relating to in-service education are highlighted including professional lifespace, resource allocation, validity, systemic designs, collaboration, and the responsibility for in-service education of teachers as professionals and employees. (JMF)

A capstone electronic portfolio, usually focused on summative assessment, was altered for preservice social studies teachers to include video-based formative e-portfolio assessment. Using a case-study design with three participants, we found that use of video artifacts facilitated reflection, supported inquiry into classroom success and failure,…

A program was devised to meet the educational needs of hospital personnel by acquainting them with the Education and Training Department staff, at North Kansas City Memorial Hospital, determining their needs, and setting up courses appropriate to those needs. (AG)

The document presents the first of six modules resulting from a 3 year project to develop and test competency based programs for camp personnel serving the physically handicapped. The module is divided into three units--philosophy, goals, and objectives of camping; types of camp programs; and general camp practices. An introductory section gives…

Twenty-six Maryland public school administrators and state education department personnel, who had current or expected responsibilities for some aspect of educational research, completed a training program designed to upgrade their research competency. The instruction, conducted through the University of Maryland Bureau of Educational Research and…

This booklet describes the Washington, D.C., Teacher Aide Program (TAP), a project designed to develop methods of training nonprofessionals to work with teachers in schools attended by children of low-income families. Chapters include: (1) a descriptive overview of the program with notes on its background and the staff; (2) discussion of the…