The relationship between school district size and measures of educational quality such as the training and experience of teachers, teacher turnover, and breadth and depth of program offerings is examined. Literature on the subject and results of a Colorado study support larger schools. (PP)

Uses longitudinal data from current population surveys to examine the responsiveness of educators to wage differentials between occupations and between districts and to determine wage growth rates experienced by educators at wage levels above and below either national norms or the average wage levels of similarly experienced educators. (Author/PGD)

Reported is a study designed to: (1) identify the perceived confidence with which perservice science teachers would approach some developmental tasks related to curriculum and evaluation during distinct phases of a year-long course; and (2) compare these perceived competencies to those science supervisors consider important for beginning teachers.…

An evaluation of student teacher competency through the use of measure of learner cognitive attainment reveals that teacher expectations do not influence achievement. The amount of experience, degree of effectiveness as perceived by the university supervisor, and time provided for students to learn by student teachers do influence learner…

A rural residency rotation in Alaska for future academic psychiatrists is described and its benefits are enumerated. They include providing the opportunity to expand clinical skills, to see how culture shapes a patient's view of illness, to learn the value of paraprofessionals in rural areas, and to participate in administration. (JMD)

The perceptions and attitudes of elementary education majors engaged in student teaching are examined. The desirability of a mandatory student teaching component in preservice teacher education is questioned. (RJG)

Reports on the author's shift from depending on popular adolescent novels to the more traditional "classics" as the reading materials for his literature classes. (RL)

A longitudinal study of 78 undergraduate education students reveals that an individual's attitudes towards certain variables associated with teaching change as those individuals gain classroom experience. (LH)

The Outside World Experience (OWE) Index--a weighted index of industrial, government, business, consulting, or other experience outside academia--is discussed as an important assessment measure for department faculty. Formulas for calculating the OWE Index as applied to schools, departments, and individual faculty members are included. (SF)

Describes how the authors gradually changed their methods of teaching chemistry to mixed-ability groups. (Editor/RK)

Describes a project trying to implement the nationally developed Curriculum Profile for languages in Australia from the vantage point of three teachers. Notes that the objectives of the project included highlighting teacher perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of the profile, discovering difficulties experienced by teachers in applying the…

Richard Sterling, executive director of nation's largest inservice training project, discusses his plans to enlarge the scope of the National Writing Project and place it at center of school reform. With 160 sites in 45 states and Puerto Rico, this 25-year-old project brings together expert teachers for extended summer training. Teachers…

Outlines results from a study of practical teaching experience in preservice education throughout Europe. The study recommended the development of a teacher training curriculum based on modular courses to overcome problems resulting from the mismatch of European teacher training programs. (SM)

The relationships between teacher characteristics and classroom environment, student achievement, and student attitude in high school biology classes were studied in an ex post facto design involving 11 teachers and 375 biology students in Nigeria. Significant positive relationships were found between teacher experience, teacher locality, and…

Behaviors of effective experienced teachers, including their cognitive processes, were studied through a two-round modified Delphi study that involved 51 Connecticut educators. Delphi results led to construction of two Likert-type questionnaires completed by 1,837 teachers. The importance of 70 teaching behaviors was ranked with good content…