Abstract
abstract This paper is based on the experience of evaluating part of a nationally funded in‐service scheme for secondary and further education teachers in the United Kingdom during the period September 1985 to March 1987. The scheme was related to the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI), a national pilot scheme of curriculum renewal for the age group 14‐18, promoted and funded through the Manpower Services Commission (MSC). The in‐service scheme was known as TVEI‐Related In‐Service Training (TRIST). The scheme was evaluated in three local education authorities (LEAs); two metropolitan boroughs and one shire county. Particular consideration is paid to the prevailing educational climate as it was influenced by a variety of Central Government policy initiatives during the TRIST funding period. The authorities, as a result of their experiences during the TRIST scheme, were able to respond in a more prepared manner to the radical changes required by the Government's new national policy for the...
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