Progress reports are given on the preparation of teachers for teaching handicapped children in the regular classroom. Discussions are presented on specific program developments in Massachusetts, competencies needed by regular classroom teachers for successful mainstreaming, the implications of Public Law 94-142, and the philosophy of…

Many problems are involved in interdisciplinary teaching. Below are some proposals for an interdisciplinary course in the social sciences for secondary school teachers. This type of teaching can be done with either one instructor or a team. If one instructor is used, care must be taken not to build the course solely around that person, so that if…

Team teaching involves individualized instruction and flexibility in structural and instructional organization, as well as continuous evaluation of students and instructional procedures. By sharing responsibility for instruction, each teacher can function primarily in areas of strength and expertise. It thus becomes more possible to achieve the…

This is the first of seven modules designed to help teachers gain the knowledge and skills needed for successful team teaching. The user may choose one, several or all of the modules, in any sequence, with module 1 recommended as a prerequisite to all the others, and module 5 as a prerequisite to module 6. The pattern of each module is: 1) study…

This study attempted to determine whether significant differences exist between the rated performance of student teachers working in teams and those working singly. Male and female trainees were also compared in these categories and the traditional or experimental teacher education programs in which they were enrolled. Forty-eight students…

A program in which college supervisors, cooperating teachers, and education students cooperate and work as a team is described. (JD)

University Level IGE is seen as applicable and effective for professors because the procedural elements of IGE, particularly team teaching and the deliberate use of varying modes of media instruction, are readily transferable to the university environment. (MM)

This manuscript describes the efforts of several instructors who incorporated videoconferencing in their teacher education courses at two large universities in the southeastern United States. Professors preparing teachers to teach elementary and middle school examined their interactive videoconference experiences linking preservice teachers with…

Described UCLA's University Elementary School and its unique plan for a training component of a credential program. (Author/RK)

The last of seven modules on team teaching, this document deals with the prerequisites for good planning sessions. The major objectives are to acquaint teachers with a variety of team planning purposes for improving instruction, to show the relationship between the goals of team teaching and the planning completed at varying times of the year, to…

This paper describes a program (now in its second year) which unites preservice and inservice education in a continuing educational program for elementary teachers involving (1) an approach to instructional theory and classroom practice which combines both in a single module of time; (2) the utilization of satellite public schools for laboratory…

This collection of 10 position papers represents one phase of an effort to design behavioral objectives for training programs for Teacher Corps team leaders. Floyd T. Waterman identifies tasks and needed competencies for the complete range of team leader activities. Richard W. Saxe notes the several meanings of systems approach as they apply to…

This report reviews recent innovations in the application of group processes in educational settings. The innovations deal with the use of group dynamics in the teacher learning process and in the improvement of interpersonal relations with students, teachers, and administrators. The report surveys relevant U.S. literature since 1965,…

The fault of ill-prepared English teachers is that of the university and college departments of English and Education who ignore their responsibility to plan and work together. This article proposes such a cooperative effort. (JA)

Reports on a team teaching approach to a college methods course in reading. (RB)