The purpose of this study was to determine the motivators and hygienes that affect the job satisfaction and classroom efficacy of community college faculty in Arkansas. Using Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, this research found motivating factors, such as the nature of the work, autonomy and independence, and professional relationships to be…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of teachers' optimism and trust in their individual citizenship behavior (ICB), and the extent to which teachers' optimism is related to teachers' ICB, and mediated by teachers' trust. ICB is a concept coined by Hoy et al. (2008). The concept refers to teachers' voluntary and discretionary…

Does less class time lead to improved teaching? Author says yes, and suggests several ways in which the classroom teacher's burden could be eased. (Author/SP)

Central finding of the study is that teachers spend only 30 percent of their time in activities that are even remotely related to academic instruction and learning. (Author)

FOURTEEN RESEARCH REPORTS, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1960 AND 1964, WHICH PERTAIN TO EFFECTIVE USE OF TEACHER TIME IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM DOYNE M. SMITH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DISSEMINATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN EDUCATIONAL STIMULATION, 103 BALDWIN HALL, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA,…

A comparions of student and administrative opinions concerning faculty competence based on time allotted to teaching or research reveals differing and largely incorrect suppositions by both groups. (WM)

As long as colleges and universities deem football worth teaching alongside academic subjects, coaches' performance should be measured by traditional faculty evaluation criteria: teaching effectiveness as judged periodically by students and colleagues, professional activity such as writing for publication and participating in peer conferences, and…

This paper explores the impact of marketization on the management of primary schools in an English country town and compares them to nursing homes and fast food restaurants as service providers. The focus is on the teachers' responses in teaching and classroom to government-initiated changes resulting from changing residential patterns in the town…

This paper focuses on the history and utilization of special education funding in the Green Valley Area Education Agency 14 (AEA 14). AEA 14 is the most rural AEA in Iowa and serves 22 public school districts and 1 parochial school district. AEA 14 has lagged financially due to its sparse population and low special education funding. Services such…

As a guide to its deliberations, the Faculty Professional Growth Committee of the St. Louis Junior College District prepared and distributed to all members of the professional teaching staff a questionnaire covering what should be included in faculty evaluations, how much weight should be given to each item, and whether teaching effectiveness…

Discusses the value of professional service, which is "work based on faculty member's expertise that contributes to the outreach mission of the institution." Most of the 148 respondents to a Midlands Technical College faculty survey: (1) valued professional service but had not participated in it; and (2) did not consider professional…

An English professor explains how his own involvement in an ongoing research project has affected and improved each of the five aspects of his job: instruction in composition, imparting enthusiasm to nonmajors, providing sound and thorough instruction to majors, assisting graduate students in specialized projects, and noninstructional professional…