The primary purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent that 24 working conditions impacted upon the reality shock of four groups (N=211) of beginning teachers (elementary, secondary, specialized, and special education) who were teaching in three types of schools (rural, urban, and suburban). For only two working conditions were the…

The phrase "the knowledge base" conveys the sense that there is one, monolithic set of information waiting to be codified and promulgated, probably available only through someone else's research. This paper argues that the knowledge base for teaching is continually being created and interpreted, especially by practitioners. The facts frequently…

This study compares classroom management behaviors of two groups: beginning teachers and teachers with one year of teaching experience. It also examines differences in the ability of beginning teachers and second-year teachers to incorporate classroom management training in the establishment and maintenance of learning environments. The analysis…

The phenomenological study presented in this paper attempts to determine, from outdoor educators, what it meant for them to be teaching outdoor education in Victorian secondary schools during 2004. In 1999, Lugg and Martin surveyed Victorian secondary schools to determine the types of outdoor education programs being run, the objectives of those…

Article investigated the relationship between the ability to be a proficient teacher and a prescribed curriculum. (Author/RK)

Considered the development of inservice training and the role of the government in establishing it. This set of articles, concerned with developments over ten years or so, was offered as a perspective on the subject by authors with varying experience in the field. (Editor/RK)

Evaluated with approximately 200 Head Start personnel in Iowa were two staff training models for serving handicapped children in Head Start--an experiential training model and a seminar-oriented training model. In the experiential model, Head Start staff (directors, education coordinators, health coordinators, and teachers) spent 2 days in a…

Author focused on the life and death of one boarding school. (Editor/RK)

Article addressed itself to the qualifications for nursery teaching in Scotland and the development of nursery schools along with student enrollment. It is argued, in addition, that with a readjustment between pre- and in-service training, the emphasis on courses being practical could be improved by giving them a more theoretical perspective.…

This investigation replicated and agreed with the findings of a recent study by Wittmer and Webster in which significant relationships consistently appeared between teaching experience and closed-mindedness in counseling students as measured by the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale. The requirement of teaching experience for counseling practice is…

Part of the Grade Teacher special report, "Linguistics and the Language Arts.

Articles by Grade Teacher's fourth annual summer travel - summer workshop contest winners: Lea Levi, Elsie G. Murray, Elizabeth Dorband, and Emma A. Palminteri.

A multiple time series design was used to test the effectiveness of short workshops for housewives recruited to teach basic reading to adults in bringing about changes in teacher attitudes and opinions. An attitude and opinion survey questionnaire comprising true-false items was given on three occasions, to all participants of a nine-hour…