An evaluation of the in-service education and training (INSET) of teachers in Britain is based on careful analysis of the characteristics of the evaluation task, target, and agent and, more specifically, upon the way in which these three factors interact in any one cell of the model. (JMF)

School focused in-service education and training (INSET) is a synthesis of course-based and school-based models. Three elements are considered: identification and definition of needs; development and execution of appropriate INSET activities to meet these needs; and evaluation. (JMF)

Three studies attempting to define teacher clarity are described. In each case students are asked to rate teacher behaviors in terms of clear or unclear behaviors. The results of each study indicate categories of characteristics of teacher clarity. (JMF)

Various aspects of independent learning are explored in an attempt to identify some salient components of independent learning. Training teachers in this strategy should facilitate a favorable pupil attitude toward learning and thought processes such as fluency, divergency, analysis, synthesis, etc., which are considered important educational…

Teachers' attitudes toward small-group teaching (SGT) as a possible alternative to the traditional presentation-recitation model of teaching is examined including three sources of influence on these attitudes--the behavioral-experimental, the environmental, and the cognitive domain. (JMF)

The Challenge of Change teacher education simulation program provides opportunities for preservice teachers to analyze and follow up broad issues frequently experienced by classroom teachers. The objectives are a widening of the range of attitudes to educational issues and encouraging decision making on educational issues based on reasoned…

The existing educational system and a hypothetical one increasing the authority of families are compared for their relative ability to meet educational objectives. (JMF)

The Coons and Sugarman proposal for family choice and control of education by means of a voucher system is summarized, and some difficulties in the plan are identified. (JMF)

Arguments for an education voucher proposal are presented with particular application to California, which is experiencing a rapid shift from public to private schools. (JMF)

Parents are choosing to become more involved in the education process and the schools. This new role of parents presents the need for new responses by teachers and administrators. (JMF)

Parental involvement in education is shown to extend to the areas of teacher education with recommendations for greater preservice preparation for dealing with parents and planning for staff development with cooperative programs for parents and teachers. (JMF)

The "Tenth Annual Gallup Poll on the Public's Attitude toward the Public Schools" indicates how parents define better teachers and the relative importance they place on curriculum areas. (JMF)

The training, experience, and temperament of professional school staff does not prepare them to judge the strengths or weaknesses of school programs or make recommendations for improvement. Suggestions for priorities in teacher training institutions to improve this situation are presented. (JMF)

A comprehensive school management system plan that includes parent participation and staff development is described. The staff development program is influenced by parents' input through surveys and through their direct involvement on site councils. (JMF)

Parent/community involvement in the teacher education programs in California is provided by means of Community Advisory Committees and parent/community members involved at school sites who work with teacher candidates in the role of teacher aides. (JMF)