The historical development of inservice teacher education is traced in this paper and some comparisons are made between past and present school circumstances that bear on inservice practices. Eleven traditional methods of inservice teacher education are briefly described: (1) institutes; (2) reading circles; (3) summer school; (4) supervision; (5) classroom observations/demonstrations; (6) curriculum change; (7) workshops; (8) action research; (9) teacher centers; (10) sabbaticals; and (11) university coursework. (JD)