Looks at the darker side of "good, old-fashioned discipline." (Editor)

Assesses teacher attitudes and attempts to isolate and portray the salient variables which could influence and determine teacher attitudes toward metrication. (Author/TA)

Describes changes in the profession, qualifications and experiences needed by prospective teachers, and issues for discussion. (DD)

In this article, the author describes her experiences on an annual teacher-student bike excursion at Santa Barbara Middle School in California. The trip, while plagued with rain, allowed her to develop closer relationships with her students that extended into the classroom. These continuing relationships have led to the establishment of greater…

The author, a teacher at Roosevelt Junior High/Middle School in Eugene, Oregon, has created and taught a variety of elective classes. Each incorporated reading, writing skills, oral presentations, research reports, and specific educational goals. Of these classes, Storytelling became his favorite, because those who became tellers learn skills they…

This study examined findings from a larger study that investigated how a cohort of 14 new teachers learned and developed over the first 2 years of teaching. Data collection involved interviews, questionnaires, and reports. Findings suggested an idiosyncratic, practical, and context-specific conception of learning. Respondents undervalued the…

Recognition of the numerous factors that produce and affect the levels of stress existing within the teaching profession serve to reveal the complexities that exist in reducing this stress. In addition, accurate identification of the sources of teacher stress is necessary in order to determine how it can be reduced. The purpose of this case study…

This book for teachers, administrators, and teacher educators suggests that teachers' stories are central to the type of inquiry and reflection that lead to professional development and personal insight. The book contends that it is through careful examination of real-life classroom experiences that teachers explore the complexities of what it…

This chapter discusses the dilemma of trying to provide professional development opportunities to teaching staff members who populate radically different conceptual spaces vis-a-vis language teaching. One portion of the teaching staff may have been teaching for 25 years and may not have any knowledge of second language acquisition and research…

Summarizes experience of an analytical chemist in the form of a dialogue, including educational background, teaching-learning practices, research activities, academic contributions, opinion about government support of research studies, and future prospects of the field. (CC)

This is a description of the TWC (Teachers and Writers Collaborative) workshops and projects which send poets (such as Kenneth Koch), actors, dancers and artists into the classroom. (JA)

This study proposed to compare the quantitative standards established by Illinois colleges and universities which are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) with the standards established by those schools which are not so accredited. (Author)

Article discussed the meaning of teacher evaluation, its importance and what issues are involved. (Author/RK)

Author describes her efforts to model effective teaching behavior. (GB)