Suggests that good teaching is not the successful execution of a teacher-directed plan but the collective weaving of personal knowledge and understanding teachers create with students in literacy experiences. (MG)

Lowman responds to questions concerning his book, "Mastering the Techniques of Teaching," and his views on student-teacher relations, his model for effective college instruction, specific techniques for motivating students, student and teacher responsibility for learning, and the applicability of his model for developmental education. (DMM)

Describes efforts by students in a social foundations course to integrate their own personal metaphor of teaching with the metaphor employed by the institution in its conceptual framework. The assignment was based on research that noted the role of the metaphor in the construction of identity for professional teachers. Examples of student…

This paper argues that research findings from the study of teaching could be very useful in enhancing knowledge and tools for the design of both conventional and intelligent instructional software. It also suggests that if the ways in which teachers effectively conduct instruction are different and in certain ways better than other media, and if…

This paper attempts to clarify the field of teacher development by proposing a classification of approaches to teacher development that include the main theoretical models currently cited. The four approaches discussed include cognitive-structural, skill acquisition, reorientation of concerns, and life cycle. (Author/SM)

Current state policies, school district practices, and higher education traditions hinder teacher professionalism. To use recent research findings on learning, teachers must have more varied opportunities and responsibilities. The science of teaching is explored. (DF)

This study of the Western Governors University (WGU) suggests that its instructional model, based on distance education, could increase the value of teaching relative to research. The WGU model envisions a "disaggregated faculty," that is, one in which faculty roles typically discharged by a single individual are delegated and outsourced…

Asserts that it is infeasible for teachers to use diverse styles of teaching and successfully educate their students. States that the arguments for diverse styles are very appealing, but it is impossible for teachers to implement all four models or the three approaches to teaching whether in alternation or in combination. (CMK)

A psychopedagogical approach to teaching and learning can critically affect teachers' work. The paper discusses elements that influence realization of such potential, examining "Quality Teaching: A Sample of Cases" and noting concerns about its attempt to link psychopedagogy and quality. The need for a new metaphysics of quality is…

This collection of 19 essays is organized into a narrative of the teaching-research dilemma. The essays include: (1) "Struggling With Balance" (Cynthia V. Fukami); (2) "My Career as a Teacher: Promise, Failure, Redemption" (Howard E. Aldrich); (3) "Teaching and Research: A Puzzling Dichotomy" (Barbara A. Gutek); (4)…