The focus of this study was to develop a reliable method through which a variety of school systems could gather data on inservice needs and use that data to augment inservice planning. The subjects of the survey were 745 elementary, junior high, and senior high school teachers from four school districts. Certain generalizations and suggestions…

Two premises underly this study of the self-assessed perceptions of teachers of the Dallas Independent School District relative to a set of 33 competencies, namely that: (a) different teachers demonstrate varying levels of competency; and (b) teachers as professionals are responsible for their own improvement. The purpose of the study was to…

This package of minicourse materials on interaction analysis consists of a handbook, workbook, coordinator's manual, and audio tapes on which classroom episodes have been recorded. The minicourse lasts six weeks, during which time participants are given a brief orientation and spend the first three weeks on five lessons that involve reading…

This document is a description of the California Lutheran Intern Program (CLIP). The CLIP model includes a summer of preservice preparation at the college, a school year of contractual inservice training in elementary classrooms under the supervision of the school districts' resource teachers for interns and the college education department…

This is the second of a series of three bulletins dealing with "Supervisory Strategies in Clinical Experiences." The first of the two papers, "Microteaching: History and Present Status," by James M. Cooper and Dwight W. Allen, begins with a definition of microteaching as a teaching situation which is scaled down in terms of time and numbers of…

Measurement for affective education within in-service teacher education is considered. Affective education is regarded as teaching that has emotions and feelings as its primary subject matter. The three main approaches to affective education are seen as (1) facilitation of emotional insight and understanding, (2) facilitation of emotional…

The study was designed to measure the effects of a treatment designed to improve inservice teachers' interactive decision making (IDM). A group who received treatment and a control group who read information about IDM were compared. One way analyses of variance indicated a significant difference on each measure of IDM. (Author/DWH)

Two teachers were taught positioning and handling techniques using written task analyses, demonstrations by an occupational therapist, verbal and modeling prompts, corrective feedback, and praise. Training took place in the natural school environment, during school hours, and with students that the teachers taught. A functional relationship…

Teacher Effectiveness Training makes the ideal of democratic problem solving workable; the program offers teachers the opportunity to learn skills of communication which will increase their effectiveness in reaching problem learners, in leading relevant classroom discussions, and in resolving classroom management problems. (Author)

Measurement training had little general effect on either the behavior of two teachers or of their multihandicapped deaf students. However, after programing training, teachers increased their program writing and correct use of behavior modification procedures and generalized this training across pupils and target behaviors. (Author)

Discusses the role of on-site coaching in teachers' ability to transfer skills mastered in training sessions that include theory, observation, and practice. Cites the literature on transfer of learning and proposes a model for inservice training. (Author/MK)

The author suggests four types of skills required by the headteacher in the special school and discusses these skills as they relate to inservice teacher education programs. (SBH)

The educational needs of teachers of the gifted are considered, and in-service approaches are discussed. The role of university graduate programs in renewal education for teachers involved with gifted students is examined. (CL)

Argues that cooperative workshops are far more effective than books or articles in helping teachers to incorporate the latest developments into their field. Makes a case for giving teachers the time and resources to work with other teachers on change. (TB)

The continuing trend toward increasing diversity of curriculum offered within secondary agricultural education programs is driving a change in pre-service and in-service technical training for agriculture teachers. This study looks at agriculture teachers' perceived importance of, and competence in, traditional technical competencies such as…