Compares the sociology teaching experience in a community college with that in a university. The comparison focuses on the problems of maintaining an identity as a sociologist and the boundaries of the discipline in the two settings. (Author/DB)

Reading supervisors should be concerned with relating humanistically to reading teachers. Discusses four human needs, the wish for recognition, for new experiences, for security, and for response (love), and how the reading supervisor should become aware of his staff in terms of these needs. (Author/RK)

Lazaar Burnham was a hero in his town. Then he tried to teach and became a bust. Good counseling might help, but the principal would have to enforce proper guidance. Describes how an elementary school administrator and his school counselor acted together to save a hero and make a good teacher. (Editor/RK)

The article re-examines the student teaching experience as it affects the prospective physical educator through review of: the meaning of student teaching as presently interpreted and applied in physical education; objectives of student teaching as analyzed by physical educators; and reports on perceived objectives achieved by student teaching in…

Reports the findings of an interpretive field study on the occupational socialization of 10 reflective, active, preservice teachers. Describes the schools they were placed in and political tactics and teaching strategies they employed, and discusses issues and implications for teacher preparation. (SKC)

Describes a community college English teacher's year spent in China and recommends that anyone interested in a similar experience be prepared to sing, dance, or entertain in some way before an audience, in addition to handling regular teaching duties. (NKA)

The study investigated the nature of appropriate and inappropriate interaction behaviors between 91 college professors (74 with experience teaching disabled students) and 38 physically disabled students. Among findings was that professors who had taught disabled students were more comfortable with such students and interested in teaching them in…

Nostalgically reviews a student teacher's experience with a class of ninth grade nonreaders. (JK)

This investigation of professional education competencies in agricultural education revealed strong internal consistency among competencies clustered into seven areas important for performing work roles. Assessed was the extent to which these competencies were utilized by educators. The study also analyzed the importance and utilization of…

Describes the experiences of an American journalism professor teaching journalism at the Institute for Journalism in Beijing, China. (HTH)

Discusses how language teacher trainees can be brought to appreciate the need for understanding language learning theories and for integrating those theories into classroom practice. Suggests that this can be done by a fully integrated curriculum involving a team teaching approach so that theory is seen to arise out of practice. (SED)

An English methods student personally reflects back on 10 days of preteaching laboratory experience in a secondary school English classroom. (HOD)

The summer component of the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) emphasizes reflective teaching in a six-week clinical experience. The merger of STEP with the Upward Bound Program provides student teachers with daily opportunities to apply and reflect upon the pedagogical theory developed in their coursework. (MT)

Answers certain questions regarding vocational education in northern Nigeria: What are the qualifications, teaching experience, and industrial training of the teachers in these schools? Are the schools adequately staffed? What is the nature of the curriculum? What types of equipment, including teaching aids, are available? What are the sizes of…

The personal and formal educational experiences of 97 new college geography teachers participating in a study of teacher preparation are described; their effects of the first year of teaching are analyzed; and the sorting process determining who goes where in the profession is described. (MSE)