A discussion of the role of television as a change agent in implementing a new compulsory attendance law in Great Britain. (HB)

Teacher efficacy represents a powerful influence on the behaviors of teachers due to its impact on instructional choice, effort, and persistence. Yet few studies have been conducted examining differences in efficacy among groups of teachers with varying levels of experience, including those still engaged in teacher preparation programs. This study…

This report summarizes the Specialized Teacher Project of the Miller Mathematics Improvement Program funded by the state of California. The project provides inservice training workshops in mathematics for elementary school teachers. These teachers are then encouraged to provide specialist instruction in mathematics for their own class and one…

Considers the British teacher center for inservice training a potentially useful model for the professional development of American teachers. The centers focus on teacher role expansion through training in curriculum development and implementation. (DP)

The authors recommend that as a result of this study, the Purdue Student Teacher Opinionaire be used as a tool to measure satisfaction or morale of student teachers and that such information be made available to those faculty members who are involved in student teacher preparation and supervision. (Author)

This study uses classroom videotapes to examine the phenomenon of students who are left behind during whole-class teaching. Zooming in via these videos enabled us to analyze these classroom situations by means of a compact, multi-perspective set of theories--van Hiele theory, conceptualization, and visual perception. The analysis provided a…

This plan for improving community college instruction uses an in-service training program as a primary vehicle for change. The objectives to be achieved are: (1) develop a climate for educational innovation, (2) develop individual initiative in professional growth, (3) coordinate training resources, faculty efforts, and college goals, and (4)…

Describes an exchange program whereby preservice and inservice American teachers and administrators can gain first hand knowledge of Britain's open education system. (Author/DN)

Discusses experience of teaching inservice training courses to secondary physics teachers at a teachers' college in Northern Peru. Indicates that the materials used are at the level of the IPS and PSSC materials and most teachers lack practical experience in laboratory work. (CC)

Presents a teacher education program that will strongly influence the total faculty and the total institutional program. It includes a specific list of program features. (Author/RK)

Cites examples of unique role colleges can play in teacher staff development. (DS)

Data from 79 physics teachers are analyzed to determine: (1) what were the inservice needs identified by at least 65 percent of this group; and (2) if physics teachers' inservice needs differ from science teachers in general. The top 13 needs appeared consistent with recent efforts to make physics more humanistic. (MP)

This article presents several questions, reflections and suggestions on pre-service and in-service teacher training that arose during the project "Curricular innovation and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa". While recognizing that the situation in the nine countries taking part in the project, and in many other countries in the southern…

IN COOPERATION WITH THE CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, THE PORTLAND OREGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM FOR IN-SERVICE EDUCATION. OBJECTIVES WERE TO WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES IN PREPARING IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF ALL SUBJECTS AND GRADE LEVELS, TO TRAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AS IN-SERVICE EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS, AND TO FIND METHODS…