Educational programs teacher training

This program, developed by the Maryland Sea Grant College, partners aquaculture educators with local school systems. Teacher training workshops, a web-based component for data entry, and technical support throughout the school year are key components. 

Chen, C-Y, Yu, k-H., Chen, M-Y. 2012. Planning of professional teacher-training program for disaster prevention education and executing efficiency evaluation. Disaster Prevention and Management 21 (5) 608-623. 

Initially, the staff of the School Mental Health Initiative consisted of the child psychiatrist director, a master s-level social worker as program director, and an administrative assistant. Due to the needs of schools for training in school mental health directed to teachers, the Behavioral Educational Consultant position was created, and a former special education teacher with a strong background in teacher training was hired. 

The University s study program in mathematics and the natural sciences for budding teachers had been established in 1851. An educational reform in 1896 that made chemistry compulsory for all first-year gymnasium students must have prompted a need for chemistry teachers however, before 1914, only ten candidates with a major in chemistry had graduated from the teacher training program. Hence, there may have been many teachers with limited knowledge of chemistry. ... 

After the Meiji Restoration the systematization of education was also promoted. After several changes by the 1890s, the principal form of the secondary educational system was finally settled ordinary secondary schools, secondary schools for girls, and normal schools (teachers training schools). The secondary school (for boys) system was established by an ordinance of the secondary schools in 1886 and substantially revised by another ordinance in 1899. The estabhshment of the so-called outline program of instruction (official curricula) for the secondary schools in 1902 was especially important.It contained detailed contents of instruction for each subject and each year. Thanks to this outline, education in secondary schools in Japan became highly systematized. ... 

Teacher workshops, usually at the state or regional level, are useful in creating information networks among education professionals. Some states provide this information in a formal program while others rely on teachers to share their own information. That has become a bit easier with the advent of social media. For those with formal programs, there are annual training sessions that are sometimes carried out at hatchery sites so that teachers can participate in the many activities that it takes to operate a facility and develop their curriculum units accordingly. 

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