Outlines apprehensions, concerns, challenges and questions to consider as the author made the move from kindergarten to college teaching. Notes that effective teaching involves similar strategies for all learners. Makes several suggestions for teaching all learners. (SG)

Presents journal entries over one semester of the author's experiences teaching poetry to "SIE VII" special education students at PS 162M in Harlem. Notes that "SIE VII" is a New York City Board of Education classification for children who "display severe emotional disturbances, such as infantile behaviors, lack of self control, and withdrawn or…

Reports results of a survey of new teaching assistants. Finds that the majority of teaching assistants need training as teachers of writing and that nearly half need support in more general matters concerning teaching. Highlights some of the differences between experienced and inexperienced teaching assistants. (RS)

Like wildflowers blooming in the cracks of city sidewalks, reflective practice celebrates the organic over the artificial. Inquiry-oriented teaching, rejecting logical-positivist methods, engages teachers in a cycle of thought and action based on professional experience. Teachers subjected to quality control pressures reduce their teaching to the…

Findings are reported from a study which investigated planning strategies employed by effective elementary physical education specialists. Written year-long, unit, and lesson plans were analyzed, and the degree of adherence to these plans was examined. Differences in planning strategies and adherence to written plans emerged among beginning,…

The experiences of a teacher educator with practicing teachers form the basis of this analysis of teacher reflection--teachers examining their own knowledge. Using the work of Freire as a frame of reference, three phases in the development of teacher self-reflexiveness are identified: sympathetic description, analysis/synthesis, and action. (IAH)

Describes the education of Melvil Dewey, pioneer in library science, his early teaching experiences in rural New York, and the influence of these experiences on his final career choice. Discusses his concept of education for the masses through public libraries. (SV)

In "The First Year of Teaching: Real World Stories from American Teachers," editor Pearl Rich Kane collects 25 stories probing male-female differences, moral classroom dilemmas, and teacher training deficiencies. In "A Lifetime of Teaching: Portraits of Five Veteran High School Teachers," Rosetta M. Cohen examines outstanding teachers' passionate…

Discusses the relational teaching approach (RTA), comprising behaviors indicative of competence, immediacy, and humor. Examines the association between the RTA and teacher satisfaction. Finds that it is within teachers' control to enhance satisfaction with their job by developing a repertoire of interpersonal skills. (RS)

Randomly selected national sample of school psychologists (n=98) completed questionnaire concerning reasons for successful and unsuccessful consultation outcomes. Results suggest that teaching experience of school psychologists may have mediated attributions of causality in consultation. Respondents with teaching experience were less likely to…

Explores teachers' constructions of historical knowledge, their perceptions of the learning process in a graduate curriculum course assignment, and what they learned about the nature of curriculum history, historical inquiry, and themselves as learners and teachers. (56 references) (MLH)

Study of 241 postsecondary vocational education teachers who stayed in teaching and 43 who left found that both groups had similar needs upon entry into teaching, but that teachers who stayed had significantly more need for job security. Extrinsic needs became more important, and there was a reduced need to share knowledge with students as length…

Collaborative autobiography formed the basis for a professional development project in an Alberta school district. The project encouraged participants to reflect on personal issues that shaped their teaching and to share their thoughts and experiences with colleagues. As a result of the project, two vice-principals developed a support system that…

Experienced and new cooperating teachers recorded meetings with their student teachers for two weeks. Protocols were analyzed for the nature of advice statements (teacher versus consultant advice). Although experienced cooperating teachers tended to provide more advice, percentages in the various categories were similar for both new and…

Teacher education should be based on theoretical knowledge about practice, of which there are at least three kinds: self-reflection, dialog, and scientific research. Theory can be integrated into practice if practitioners recognize themselves in theoretical knowledge and if the theoretical knowledge is practiced. (SK)