Describes a program in which group leaders helped members deal with existing concerns. Reaction by supervisors was very positive. (CJ)

Described is an example of a locally developed program that served as an alternative to graduate education programs and provided school counselors with some new awareness and skills. (Author)

Describes a staff training program that used a series of taped lessons to help inexperienced child care workers develop understanding of concepts of human behavior and child care. (DR)

Discusses a task analysis survey of cooperative education coordinators in Michigan. Indicates that the majority were teacher-coordinators, i.e., responsible for school-related vocational instruction as well as coordination of students' work experience. Lists coordinator tasks and duties. (Available from W. C. Publications Inc., P.O. Box 1578,…

Fred Wood and Steven Thompson claim that inservice educational practices should be changed because, first, more adults are operating at a lower stage of cognitive development than previously believed, and, second, adults prefer learning in informal social situations. This article challenges the adequacy of the research analysis underlying these…

Defends the claims made in an earlier publication by the authors that inservice programs should be more experiential because the cognitive development of adults is less uniformly advanced than previously supposed and because experiential learning is more effective. Cites additional supportive research. (PGD)

Results of the survey suggest that the personnel most likely to provide local inservice training (speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf) differ significantly in their view of hearing impaired children and their needs. Furthermore, inservice needs appear to differ significantly for various groups of professionals. (Author/CL)

This description of a program which enables a map library to augment its staff with volunteers from other departments includes objectives for the map assistants, the map librarian, and the institution; qualities that are looked for in participants; and problem-solving reading/discussion exercises designed to increase participants' skills. (JD)

The purpose of this study was to collect descriptive data on deans of education in order to create effective in-service programs for deans. (MM)