In Louisiana, a recent study has tried to determine which teacher-training programs are most effective.
Here, we report findings from two field trials in which teachers administered training to their own pupils.
The occasion was an assembly organized by the Lincoln Center Institute, which offers teacher training in the arts.
Deeply embarrassed at being beaten in the cold war space race, American leaders double financing for the National Science Foundation, which supports teacher training and curriculum development.
It looks as if the pattern is set to repeat: the Training and Development Agency, which oversees teacher training, says its website has received a third more hits this year than last, and registrations of interest are also up.
Aid for Indonesians MAY 23 -- A reception at the Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (70th Street), followed by a dinner at the Indonesian consulate, 5 East 68th Street, will benefit the Kartika Soekarno Foundation, which provides teacher training programs in Indonesia and also health care and education to children in need in Aceh, Indonesia.
The emphasis on the "school direct" scheme, which promotes teacher training within schools, risks damaging university courses, he says.
The historical development of teacher education in Malaysia has contributed to two public institutions i.e. the universities and the Institute of Teacher Education (ITE), which offer teacher training programs in Malaysia.
As well as improvements to the building, the school has been implementing a plan for injury prevention, which includes teacher training, integration of child injury prevention into lessons, and other communications and monitoring activities.
These changes, reflected both in the way in which teachers were trained and in the architecture and equipment of schools, transformed education for younger children in many countries during the first half of the 20th century.
Classrooms in which teachers had more training from workshops were scored higher on observed quality than those with lower levels of training in the same center (Blau, 1997).
