This study reviews the effects of training and service in a student advocacy program for Emotionally Disturbed (ED) children on attitudes of 16 secondary teachers toward ED children in the regular class. The intervention program involved 6 days of inservice training on working with ED students, delivered concurrent with the teachers' serving in an…

Although basically for public and non-public school teachers, the District of Columbia Teacher Center Program target population also includes paraprofessionals, students, parents, and other members of the community. The objectives of the center are: (1) to plan, develop, disseminate, implement and evaluate inservice training, graduate courses, and…

Discusses the uses of televised instruction for teaching science to elementary school children. (PEB)

Reasons for the limited adoption of science in Australian primary schools and possible solutions to this problem are discussed. (PEB)

Basic steps for organizing conferences for business education teachers are discussed, such as: conference theme, selecting a date, speakers, participants, publicity, and funding. (EA)

The article evaluates (and finds valid) a yardstick for helping teachers determine their suitability for continuing education in preparation for implementing open education strategies. The instrument used is designed to examine basic assumptions about knowledge and learning. (Author/AJ)

Considered the university's role in developing inservice teacher education courses and the courses that comprise such education. (RK)

A presentation of a model for planning a successful workshop in which each participant produces a learning package for use in his or her own classroom. (Author)

Designed for individualized study or inservice situations, the module is intended for training professional educators or paraprofessionals, under the supervision of professionals, in the proper administration of screening instruments. Emphasis is placed on the ability to provide valid data to diagnosticians. The work booklet covers the following…

This publication is a teacher participant handbook for an inservice minicourse in developing children's oral language skills, developed by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Four critical teachinq behaviors are stressed: (1) expand the complexity, flexibility, and preciseness of language and thought; (2) model new…

Contends that many schools have the resources for developing an inservice education program by sharing resources with other schools and school districts. (RB)