A five-week summer conference was arranged for high school English teachers in South Carolina to learn more about what happens as students learn to write, what teaching strategies would enhance their development, and how better writing courses might be designed and implemented. Participants, who wrote almost daily, were asked to examine their own…

A dozen suggestions to improve school district inservice programs are made. (1) Bring a university program to the district; the teachers and administrators who participate will pay for it and earn college credits on their own time. (2) Be sure to provide some time for people to meet by grade level or subject area. (3) Use teachers as presenters…

FOURTEEN STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MOST OF THEM EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, ENROLLED IN AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SHORT PERIODS OF INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING OVER A PERIOD OF 5 WEEKS WOULD BE REFLECTED IN PUPILS' READINESS AS MEASURED BY THE METROPOLITAN…

This book guides the novitiate (and those who aspire to be professors) through the intricacies of survival and gives much tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be good at professoring. The author explains the mechanics of the hiring process, unique to academia, in which supply greatly exceeds demand, and nobody seems to pay much attention to the matter…

In an historical review that begins this speech, the short story characterization of a teacher is shown to have remained fairly consistent from Washington Irving to Mark Twain to writers of the 1960s and '70s: teachers are forced into the occupation from poverty, or lack of employment opportunities, or perhaps from personal limitations; are very…

This is a trainer's manual for the third of six components in the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program. The purposes listed include increasing the participant's awareness of his present style in inquiry behavior, enabling him to assess and modify his behavior, and introducing a teacher-directed inquiry model. The hope is expressed that by…

The main purposes of this pilot study were to obtain school principals' evaluations of recent Central Michigan University graduates and to determine how the graduates felt about their preparation and the professors who had taught them. Seventy-nine principals evaluated 252 teachers in urban, suburban, and rural schools in lower Michigan. The…

This paper presents an alternative plan to the system of academic tenure instituted at Webster College in Missouri. The alternative plan allows several options to faculty members: (1) with the 3rd-year contract, a faculty person may negotiate for a 1-semester sabbatical at half-salary or a summer sabbatical with negotiable salary; (2) with the…

A teacher seminar focusing on children's thinking is reviewed. The seminar operates in teachers' homes and emphasizes group discussion and exchange of experiences. (DS)

Study results show that it is possible to pinpoint audiovisual and educational technology training needs, and not be restricted to the conventional "need perceived/need expressed/need unperceived." Suggests that a prerequisite for success is working both with subject and technology. (Author/JEG)

The diploma course in Educational Technology offered by NCAVAE seeks to provide classroom teachers throughout England and Wales with the opportunity to obtain a nationally recognized diploma, which would benefit them by financial increment to their salaries and also further their careers. (Author/JEG)

Nine paradoxes in teacher renewal may make the evaluation of renewal programs seem to be a useless activity, but evaluators must continue because any attempt to improve the quality of instruction is better than none at all. (MM)

One method, among others, to improve the school curriculum is having teachers and supervisors visit innovative school-class settings. These innovative schools must exemplify quality teaching-learning situations. (Author)

One interesting method for teachers to extend their understanding of what their own teaching is all about is to visit other schools. It can help them solve old problems and develop new views on education. Discusses some insights into the evolution of school policies and curricula and provides guidelines for ensuring a productive visiting program.…