This article reports the results of a 1974 survey of Florida community college administrators and faculty to determine their perceptions of the content and methods that should comprise a faculty inservice program. The authors recommend that faculty values, needs, and perceptions be central to the planning of all inservice experiences. (DC)

Discusses the possibility of compulsory legal education, examining recent experience of the accounting profession with mandatory continuing education, and presenting results of a survey of 400 lawyers which indicated no consensus on the subject. (JT)

Adapted from a paper prepared for the Professional Standards Committee of The Council for Exceptional Children.

The current state of the art concerning the provision of continuing social education and recent expansion and pressures for continued growth through the 1980s are considered. Specific topics include: the continuing education directors and staff; the continuing education program (CEP) as an organization; the CEP's programming, funding sources, and…

There are many teaching positions for writing instructors outside the classroom, such as continuing education programs for business and professional people. Instructors interested in tapping this market should watch for opportunities and not overlook small or unusual jobs. They should also clarify their goals, start small, and remember the…

A survey of a sample of 141 of the 423 academic and public libraries, information centers, and media centers in its operating area was conducted by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Continuing Education (SPACE) Council to identify library continuing education priorities for both professional and nonprofessional staff. Questionnaires were sent to…

The first of three phases of a project to develop a Comprehensive Integrated Cancer Information System (CICIS) consisted of a survey which was conducted through personal interviews with 402 Alabama health professionals to determine their sources of health information. Type of practice, location of practice, age, size of hospital, and specialty…

This paradigm for accountability in education is based upon three concepts: (1) that the analysis and assessment of teachers lead to the establishment of growth and development programs for teachers and that these evaluations be based upon the specific roles that teachers are performing at any given time; (2) that the continuous progress of…

A unifying set of pedagogical criteria which would establish an objective basis for a staff development needs assessment is outlined. Generic teaching skills are identified: diagnosis, prescription, classroom management, use of instructional materials and resources, and human relations. Specific skills in the instruction of mathematics, reading,…

Intended for teachers of librarians, this guide to the in-basket technique, a simulation teaching method, includes a primer on the use of in-basket techniques, a description of the design of in-basket learning materials, a bibliography of in-basket exercises, and a bibliography of materials on memo writing. Demonstration materials provided were…

This paper describes an innovative information system known as PROCEED (Program for Continuing Engineering Education) which is being developed to assist engineers in coping with mid-career crisis. Research involving components of mid-career crisis indicates that obsolescence or fear of obsolescence is a primary factor. It seemed reasonable that a…

The 6-hour workshop described is designed to familiarize librarians with a new reference tool--a union catalog on microfiche of 40 academic, school, public, and special libraries in Colorado--and teach them to use this tool in a variety of ways. Topics covered through lectures, small group discussions, and practical experience include the…

The second of two volumes, this prototype home-based study course for library/media/information personnel is designed to provide a better understanding of the complexity of human behavior and the motivational climate in an organization, and to enable course participants to contribute to the effective development of human resources in the library…

A study was conducted to determine the attitudes of Maryland dentists toward mandatory continuing education (MCE) for re-licensure, a provision that has been the subject of debate among the professions for the past fifteen years. After a review of the literature, which revealed many arguments pro and con mandatory continuing education, a…

This survey of library personnel had the following objectives: (1) to determine the best subject areas in which to provide continuing educational opportunities for staff members, (2) to determine the level of subject content for each subject area, (3) to identify an expected participant enrollment for each level of each subject, and (4) to…