This qualitative oral study study's primary purpose is to elicit, preserve, and explore personal stories from individuals who participated in the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout. The study also builds understanding of narrators' experiences of the events surrounding the Walkout. In addition, as supported by oral history methodology, the…

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…

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…

Oakland University, Michigan, is perhaps the first 4-year institution at which professors went on strike for better salary and working conditions. (Author/HS)

This article examines the causes and consequences of participation in teachers organizations. The role and significance of teacher organizations in teacher activism is emphasized. (DE)

This document presents the results of a survey of full-time faculty members at 4 California State Colleges. The survey was designed to discover the level of militancy within the faculty and to single out some other characteristics common to more militant professors. Highlights of the findings include: (1) Militant faculty are more likely to be in…

Describes a movement to organize campus collectives pledged to help North Vietnam solve problems created by the military and to make scientific amends for U.S. foreign policy. (HS)

Reply to the article by R. Selden concerning far-reaching changes in the Polytechnic. (PG)

Comparison of the cases of H. Bruce Franklin, a professor relieved of his duties at Stanford University because of his political actions, and Ernest Mandell, a professor at the Free University of Berlin who was denied appointment on the grounds of his political activities. (HS)

Until society can find its direction and unity, the university will continue to live with conflict and will find its future obscure. (HS)

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)

The administrator's role in the change process is not all clear. Role conflict has been a barrier to administrators acting as change agents. Although the functions of executive, leader, maintainer, and policy implementer are common to most administrators, the total dimensions of administrative roles are seldom laid out in any job description. The…