The purpose of this research study was to understand the cultural adjustment of White female teachers to a diverse urban school environment. This research focused on what factors contributed to White teachers' successful, or unsuccessful, cultural adjustment to a school district that was predominantly of a differing cultural background. The…

Teachers in general education are expected to cope with students with diverse needs. They might not always be ready or sufficiently supported to meet these challenges. The current study aims at identifying child, teacher and environmental barriers to inclusion. Specifically it addresses the importance of preschool teachers' attitudes as the human…

Humaneness in education is a necessary ingredient, says this educator, but the urge to uplift each educational innovation as the ultimate answer to our educational problems should be held in check. (Author/RK)

Evaluates the theory of reconstructionism, its evolutionary and revolutionary significance, its effect upon social and educational change, and its meaning for students and the future of educational development. (Author/RK)

Humorously elaborates the vicissitudes of directing a high school play as rite of passage. (JK)

A fourth-grade teacher describes her profession. (SP)

A personal report of a school used as a model for open education. (MJM)

Describes a laboratory technique in which the complexities of normal classroom teaching are simplified. Lessons are reduced to five or fifteen minutes and are used for the practice of one particular teaching skill. Appended are 14 references. (AA)

Steps need to be taken to ensure recognition by universities that aspects of school guidance services require specialized training apart from others in personnel services. Perhaps the time has come to restructure background of school counselor so that teaching experience will make little difference. (CJ)

Changes in meeting the educational needs of certified teachers must be effected. (CK)

Describes the five stages through which teachers pass in their professional lifetime (the "honeymoon," competence, power, maintenance, and conversion). (RL)

Describes the frustrations met by a faculty adviser in helping to put out the first newspaper of a new school year when most students have not yet returned to campus. (TJ)

Surveyed new faculty about the pivotal events in their graduate teaching experiences which contributed positively and negatively to their professional development as teacher scholars. Responses fell into the areas of scholastic, planning, management, presentation and communication, evaluation and feedback, and interpersonal skills. (EV)