The article reports the statistical results of a teacher survey concerning inservice training needs and draws a number of generalizations, among them the need for (1) training in the affective domain and in individualizing instruction, (2) differentiated training within inservice settings, and (3) including teachers in defining needs and in…

Tests of teachers' ability to learn teaching through repeated use of closely defined curriculum indicate that familiarity with content and practice do not necessarily increase effectiveness. (JD)

Though the teaching profession lacks a centralized collection of teacher education information, it does have the bases for such a collection and the responsibility for developing it lies with the members of the profession. (MB)

Since schools are regulated by the government and by laws and educational policy is derivative of social policy, it is important that educators anticipate future policies and help to formulate those affecting the schools. (JD)

There is presently a great diversity of objectives within the concept of inservice teacher education; definite standards and guidelines are needed to give a better perspective on the basic goals of this kind of continuing education. (JD)

This study indicates that teachers want a good inservice program to provide practicality, support and encouragement, a systematic program, variety, and a chance to exchange helpful information and techniques with other teachers. (JD)

Staff involvement, needs assessment, and professional consultants are used to avoid the three usual causes of inservice failure. (JD)

The data generated by this study indicate that a CBTE training program can constitute a significant improvement over traditional programs of teacher education. (MB)

The article describes a graduate level, inservice program for improving teacher competence, broadly defined in terms of personal growth, in which student decision-making, collegial teaching, and the generation of ideas from personal experience are used to develop competencies to plan and bring about educational change at the preschool-elementary…

This article reports on the introduction of Competency Based Teacher Education concepts into the curriculum of the Department of Science Education at the University of Georgia. (MB)

In order to retain their viability, colleges of education must develop an organizational pattern that supports faculty specialization, programs of differing organizational needs, and control of laboratory resources. (MB)

Shared experiences between teachers meeting regularly in small groups help them to recognize, value, and utilize their own skills and experiences in professional growth and problem-solving. (JD)

The use of a business-industrial model is a mistake when dealing with public education; a multi-dimensional model (defining goals in broad terms, taking a general view of knowledge, and viewing education as a study of life realities instead of disciplines and specialties) is necessary for true educational development. (MB)

The author constructs a question taxonomy he feels is superior to Bloom's system in its comprehensiveness and language delineation basis, and advocates the use of both systems in conjunction (since they have differing purposes) to improve questioning techniques in as many ways as possible. (MB)