The needs and attitudes of mature professional teachers are different from those of students and beginning teachers. In-service education programs should be structured with this in mind. (JD)

The multidimensional nature of continuing teacher education and the diversity of problems which surround it are discussed. (JD)

The values of professionals and quasi-professionals in school have not been sufficiently consensual to allow change agent strategies to work as they should. The disadvantage of change agents in education lies in applying methods that are largely educational to situations that are fundamentally political. (JD)

A college professor examines the problems of site specific in-service education. Three major points are made--in-service education is more complex than critics realize, political decisions become confused with professional decisions, and the principal of the school is the key figure in in-service education. (JD)

Teachers' attitudes toward their work influence the way in which they implement educational policy. Literature on the subject is reviewed. The effect of past policies on teacher attitudes and how teachers might influence future policy decisions are discussed. (JL)

An educative approach to teacher change gives teachers access to new knowledge and understanding in ways that will assist them in taking possession of that knowledge and to work out its implications and its consequences for their own settings and contexts. (CB)

Teachers are charged with training children to be good scholars and good citizens. In both domains of classroom life, the underlying process involves successful socialization into the student role. (CB)

The influx of computers into the classroom is discussed from a teacher's point of view. Teachers' reactions to the PLATO Elementary Mathematics and Reading Project (a computer aided instructional model) from the author's point of view are noted. (JMK)

A practice-to-theory approach of matching models helps teachers increase self-knowledge and awareness of their students. Participants discuss personal teaching style, students, expected learning outcomes, teaching approaches, matching models, and then restate their teaching style. A teacher's response to these exercises is presented as an example.…

Teachers need to be prepared to teach children who are culturally different and socially or economically disadvantaged. Personal assessment of attitudes toward student differences and data collection to provide information on individual students will help the teacher prepare an accepting classroom environment. Suggested activities for teacher use…

It is recommended that educational planning and inservice teacher education be integrated to achieve the most effective modifications of staff attitudes. (GW)

In this article, the Double I (Individualized Instruction) Game is described, including its objectives, rules of play, participants, and materials. The purpose of the game is to permit parents and teachers to consider their feelings about the implementation of individualized instruction. (HMD)

The story of open education illustrates the fact that theoretical models are ideal descriptions of educational practices and beliefs, rather than bodies of prescriptive rules and principles. Open education is viewed as part of a philosophical tradition in education, much of it predating the movement of the 1960s. (PP)

Alternative schools provide a worthwhile model for educational improvement, in part because they offer a valuable model of the change process itself. Characteristics of alternative schools, their contrasts with traditional schools, and the value of providing parents and students with a choice are discussed. (PP)