ABSTRACT
Traditionally LEA advisers and inspectors have played a large part in inservice work. Stillman and Grant (1989) cite INSET as the only activity common to all members of the advisory service. Winkley (1985) found that it was more usual for advisers to organise and coordinate courses than run them and he found that teachers criticised much in-service work as ‘handing out packages’. Advisers in his study, for their part, commented that teachers expected packages and regarded only the immediate and relevant as useful. He was also critical of the failure of advisers and inspectors to evaluate courses, a criticism which is far less valid now.
