Excerpted from Never Tease a Dinosaur'' (1961), this tongue-in-cheek account focuses on the practical workings of democracy in a classroom, democracy as practiced by children. (JB)

The influence of varying teaching experience on the evaluation and marking of essays is assessed in a field experiment where teachers from three different school types were asked to mark the same set of compositions written by students in the Norwegian youth school population. (Author)

Describes the activities of a teaching couple who used unconventional methods with Havasupai children to ease the transition from the reservation to the outside world." (Editor/SP)

Teacher-tutor exchange gives tutor experience of classroom teaching. (IR)

An increasing number of administrators are being asked to return to the classroom to better understand the demands of classroom teachers and to enhance their own credibility. This article offers suggestions for making the transition more easily. (Author/WD)

This article has been modeled on the actual diary of a student teacher, covering a semester teaching experience. (Author/SJL)

A middle-aged teacher describes his experiences as a beginning karate student and how he has transferred those experiences to the classroom. (RK)

This article will be of great interest and value to anyone thinking of teaching, beginning to teach or facing the continual challenge of rededication to a teaching career. (Editor)

In interviews, 8 novice and 10 experienced extension educators discussed problem situations. Results supported Schon's theory that reflective practitioners use constructivist problem solving, nonreflective practitioners an instrumentalist approach. Whether novices or experts, reflective practitioners develop expertise through reflection-in-action…

Discusses an attempt to work both narratively and critically, recognizing that the narratives of experience first constructed (spoken and written) represent a necessary convergence of history, tradition, politics, and interpretation, which represents sites of contest and conflict. Discusses the willingness to allow expression of cultural attitudes…

In this article, the author relates some of the bitter realizations he encountered during his student-teaching years when he realized that not all teachers were willing to help novice teachers. Some of them seemed to believe that teaching is as instinctive to a teacher as flight is to a bird. Despite these obstacles, the author states that he…

Early days on the job can be less than joyful for new teachers who regularly find themselves in seemingly impossible situations. Four educators who survived to tell the tale share their experiences and offer insight into what gave them the strength to continue on their chosen path.