With the continuous decline on students' enrollment in adult and vocational education in Niger Delta region, this study sets to analyse the effect of militancy activities and its impact on educational development. It adopted the ex post facto type of the descriptive research. The sample of 347 students was used to respond to the data collecting…

Drawing from the rich cultural heritage and diverse historical contexts of Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar, we examine how teachers adapt traditional and modern pedagogical methods in response to linguistic and cultural diversity. Colonial legacies in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, along with Nepal's shifting sociopolitical climate, offer insights…

In 1941, members of the local unit of the Florida State Teachers Association (FSTA) met in Tampa to plan a lawsuit against Hillsborough County's school board for paying African-American teachers less than white teachers. Hilda Turner, who taught history and economics at Tampa's historically black high school, agreed to serve as plaintiff; she was…

This article presents two viewpoints on creating change through politics. Frawley argues that every teacher can be an agent for change at the local level by first changing the way they think about the profession and embracing the concept that they need to take part in the conversation. Change will happen when technology teachers take greater…

This article analyzes the teacher union movement and the system of teacher bargaining in England and Wales. The author traces the postwar history of teacher negotiations and shows that the present system of negotiation has experienced increasing difficulties in the past decade, such as a rise in teacher militancy. (Author/CT)

Reports on the annual meetings of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. Compares this year's issues to the political themes of last year's meetings. (WD)

A study of the National Union of Teachers' officers in Israel revealed that the key indicators of militancy among teachers were sex (male), perceptions of too much centralization in the union structure, dissatisfaction with union attainment of goals, and extent of sensitivity to public hostility toward teachers. (Author/WD)

During a 1990 Temple University faculty strike, three types of militancy (voting to strike, voting to defy injunction, picketing) had different determinants; for example, social support and union commitment related to riskier types. Other variables related to militancy included attitudes toward job, union, and militancy. (SK)

During the 1840s, the pupils, social influence, and futures of the Volksschule teachers were limited to the lower working classes. These teachers tried to seize the opportunity offered by the unrest and parliamentary debates in 1848 to demand a number of educational reforms. (AM)

The author describes his feelings as the only teacher at his school to support the New York City teachers' strike in 1961. (SJL)

To determine how the Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) teachers feel about unions and collective bargaining activities, 150 questionnaires were distributed. Major findings from 83 respondents were that low satisfaction with wages and unfair treatment are associated with feelings that teachers' strikes are legitimate and with high evaluation of unions. (MLF)

Data from 300 randomly selected K-12 teachers employed in 1979-80 in the Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Public Schools revealed 10 predictor variables that substantially differentiated striking and nonstriking teachers. (Author/WD)

Argues that Marxist extremists should not be allowed to teach in public institutions. The internal contradictions in the behavior of contemporary Marxist educational activists who receive all of the benefits of their membership in the educational elite while demanding the overthrow of capitalist societies is examined. (AM)

The role of collective bargaining during the 1980s as the demand for effective higher education increases is discussed. The experiences of Boston University in recent years are used to illustrate some consequences of collective bargaining. "Reformist activism" (short of collective bargaining) is recommended as one solution. (PHR)

A sample of 524 elementary and 816 secondary teachers was used to evaluate the plausibility of 7 models of teacher militancy concerning issues of workplace control. The more plausible models are those that explain militancy as a function of the extent of teachers' integration into the organization and their affective response to organizational…