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Previous StudiesIntroductionTeacher inservice training programmes are <strong>of</strong> various aims and purposes. Ministries <strong>of</strong>education, policymakers, and stakeholders may resort to these programmes to changepositively teachers' beliefs or practices, train teachers into new curriculum innovations,refresh and upgrade their knowledge, and finally to meet their needs and expectations.Following these training programmes within a vast rich literature; it turns quite clear thatendless numbers <strong>of</strong> evaluative studies were attempted to judge these programmes quality andeffectiveness. Despite, the fact that these evaluative studies ranged widely in their aims,agendas, tools and results, they seem to adopt one <strong>of</strong> the following evaluative trends:1. Evaluating the INSET programme through teachers‟ reaction, views and their degrees<strong>of</strong> satisfaction.2. Evaluating the INSET programme in terms <strong>of</strong> its success in changing teachers‟practices, beliefs and attitudes.3. Evaluating the INSET programme in terms <strong>of</strong> improvements in students learningoutcomesIn accordance with these evaluative trends, the researcher cited47 evaluative studies distributedthematically into three categories as follow:1. <strong>The</strong> first category reviews 27 studies which evaluated the INSET programmes throughteachers‟ reactions and satisfaction.2. <strong>The</strong> second category reviews 13 studies which appealed to teacher changes whenevaluating the INSET programme.3. <strong>The</strong> third category reviews 7 evaluative studies with positive improvements in studentslearning outcomes.- 56 -

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