How to involve Teachers in their own In‐Service work, through a Teachers’ Centre

Abstract

Abstract The provision of Teachers' Centre‐focussed INSET is often in response to, and dependent on, a much wider range of practical circumstances, than commonly associated with the more traditional INSET sources; Institutes of Higher Education for example. INSET is only one, albeit an important one, of a Teachers' Centres many functions. It is the success of the whole Teachers' Centre which nourishes the contributory parts, especially INSET provision. A successful combination of uncomplicated and useful services is seen as an essential base from which to build and support Teacher's Centres based INSET activities. Workshop facilities, a library of teaching aids and resources, audio visual equipment, reprographic facilities and mobile support for sparsely populated areas, are the wherewithal which allows a Teachers' Centre to readily respond to the immediate and varied needs of teachers. The credibility of the Teacher's Centre depends on the availability of human and material resources, the knowledge and e...