This paper reports on a study of the frequency and level(s) of teachers' reflection and the thoroughness of their recall of their own and their students' specific classroom behaviors. The sample consisted of 3 groups of elementary school teachers: 4 novice student teachers, 5 teachers with 1 to 6.5 years experience, and 3 teachers with from 10 to…

Of particular interest in the realm of curriculum theories is a new (or renewed) call for "integrated curriculum." In fact, in many educational circles, it appears to be an orthodox assumption that integrating the curriculum is what educators should be about. However, well-substantiated arguments against subject matter based curriculum…

Relying on key characteristics of teaching excellence documented by research in higher education, a college professor details how personal undergraduate stage-acting experience helped to develop his teaching. The following comparisons are illuminating: (1) students distinguish professors' interest and enthusiasm toward their subjects as an…

Four composition teachers (two adjunct and two full-time faculty members at a large midwestern urban university) with a combined 80 years teaching experience were interviewed concerning how they perceive and use theory in the classroom. Questions focused on three areas: what theories guided them in teaching composition; what they felt the trends…

Article suggested methods for the teacher to utilize in providing humanizing experiences in the classroom. (Author/RK)

Summarizes the results of "Reading Certification: The Elementary Teacher, English Teacher, and Reading Specialist," a survey of teacher certification requirements in reading. (RB)

Granting freedom to another person to choose his goals and learn in his own way is a difficult and risky process. Here a teacher of French gives an honest and personal account of several years of struggle on her own part toward taking that risk. (Editor)

This paper is an account of an experimental class in mathematics which tested some alternatives at Harvey Mudd College, a college of science and engineering. (Author)

Author evaluated her experiences as a young student teacher in an open classroom. (RK)

Responses to a questionnaire concerning experiences on their first teaching practice and their reactions to it were obtained for 218 Diploma of Education students at the University of Melbourne. (Editor)

Microteaching, or teaching for a short unit of time, has proven to be effective in student teacher training. (PG)

This report summarizes the conceptual framework, findings, and methods of the Teacher Beliefs Study, an intensive, two-year program of research on the structures and functions of teachers' belief systems. Eight teachers in three school districts were videotaped over the course of a semester and were interviewed for a total of approximately 20…

This paper, the final product of a study, "International Comparison of Teachers' Salaries," on an exploratory effort to compare salaries of elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States with those in other economically advanced countries. Data was obtained from Canada, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy,…

Data are reported on the characteristics of private school teachers, including: gender, years of experience, teaching status, academic degrees, undergraduate majors, types and purposes of additional training, and teaching fields. The data are organized on the basis of selected school and teacher characteristics. The data are displayed in eight…

Guidelines, as developed by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), for professional experiences in education are presented. Revisions of these guidelines were conducted by the National Field Directors Forum, a special interest group of the ATE. The major purposes of professional experiences are to: (1) provide opportunities to relate…