Looks at the life and times of country school mistresses in Victorian England. (Editor)

An adequate and effective amalgam of theory and the practice of education in the preparation of future teachers must be worked out. (RC)

Relates some teaching experiences and observations of the 1976 recipient of the James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching. (MLH)

The study examines the relationship between principal leadership and teacher expectancy within Chicago's accountability context. Current school accountability policies assume that the threat of sanctions will motivate teachers to improve. The study uses expectancy theory, which suggests that any impact on motivation will be constrained by…

Article focused on the training of teachers in the role of cooperative teacher. (RK)

Describes a performance-based program for the undergraduate education of teachers that gives students an early opportunity to integrate classroom practice with theory. (GB)

Defines teachers centers as physical facilities within a school where teachers can meet on a voluntary basis to share ideas related to their professional and their personal lives. Provides a how-to-do-it guide for teachers interested in organizing the community of learning and sharing that teachers centers make possible. (Author)

Presents data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Science Project in order to construct a thorough statistical picture of science teachers in Australian secondary schools. (JR)

Discusses the author's own experience with learning, teaching, and research study in chemistry. Indicates that one should take his working experience as a learning process to alleviate the reactive character of his earlier strongly held views. (CC)

A guidance counselor inquires into the kinds of classroom-generated personal stress which prevents teachers from teaching effectively. (Editor)

Describes the University of Redlands efforts, through a unique 4-week semester, to actively explore the existence of an almost extinct people, the Cahuilla Indian tribe. (Author)